Al-Ahram Weekly 17 - 23 February 2000 Issue No. 469
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

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Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hizbullah, must be the face of this week, as he is the only symbol of active Arab resistance to Israeli colonisation. He is always smiling broadly -- whether this good humour is provoked by his unwavering faith or by the guerrillas' staggering successes -- but his is a smile gleaming with strategic brilliance. His face, beard, turban, eyes: all are round, but he is a man of hard corners. By George Bahgory

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