Umm Kulthoum Story
20th century
Special issue
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A FERRY stacked with butane bottles crosses the Nile to the Nubian island of Suhayl at Aswan. An unprecedented nationwide shortage of butane gas has hit Upper Egyptian provinces particularly hard with prices shooting up from the official LE2.75 per bottle to LE20.
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'Words into action'
Arab foreign ministers are gathering in Beirut in a show of support for Lebanon against Israeli attacks
The beginning or the end?
A new law facilitating personal status litigation is a blessing for some, a curse to others. Mariz Tadros gauges the reactions
Biting the Lebanese bullet
Was it a throw of the dice or the first move in the endgame? Graham Usher in Jerusalem reports on the Israeli cabinet's "historic decision" to "deploy" from Lebanon by July this year
Debts engender disasters
Writing off Mozambique's debts would ensure the recent floods don't wash away the country's tentative recovery, argues Gamal Nkrumah
Uproar over Israeli smear report
Intellectuals and entertainers have vigorously refuted an Israeli television report that four Egyptian actresses had been Mossad agents. Mona El-Nahhas reports
Public schools join the web
Microsoft and Oracle have both signed protocols entrenching their positions in the local IT sector, reports Niveen Wahish
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On the occasion of Women's Day, Al-Ahram Weekly wonders whether early 20th-century activists were not more radical than their third-millennium counterparts
Fair and square
To mark Women's Day on 8 March, UNESCO has suggested that newspapers the world over place women at the helm for 24 hours. In Egypt, most of the press has dismissed this recommendation as a joke; but, writes Fayza Hassan, less than a century ago a woman member of parliament was also considered an incongruity
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 On 4 March, a declaration of the right of return of the Palestinian people was announced in Jerusalem, Amman, Beirut, Damascus, Cairo, the Gulf, Europe and the US (text below). Prominent Palestinian figures from around the world have signed it, reaffirming that the Palestinians' right to return to their homes is sacred, legal and physically possible. Salman Abu Sitta, one of the declaration's sponsors, explains why
An end to exile
Affirmation of the Palestinian Right of Return |
Promoting the big lake
Last week's large-scale Mediterranean Travel Fair was a successful assembly of tourist agencies and hundreds of visitors. But Rehab Saad still found some participants critical
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Open Sesame
Egypt's own Sesame Street was launched this week, to the delight of children across the country. Yasmine El-Rashidi was there to meet the stars
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A time to create
It will take more than a proofreader to weed out the howlers. Nigel Ryan visits the flagship gallery Horizon One's current exhibition |
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Books
Monthly supplement
Summit talks
A PALESTINIAN official said a trilateral meeting would be held in the Red Sea resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh today between President Hosni Mubarak, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak as an imminent breakthrough in the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks looked likely. --read on--
Syria shuffle
SYRIAN President Hafez Al-Assad named Mohamed Mustafa Miro as prime minister-designate after accepting the resignation of the cabinet of Prime Minister Mahmoud Al-Zouebi on Tuesday. --read on--
Women's Day
"WOMEN making news" is this year's theme launched by UNESCO to celebrate International Women's Day (8 March). Egyptian women were making news of their own, launching a series of celebrations taking place from 8-16 March, the latter date marking Egyptian Women's Day.
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The axe falls
For weeks, his future as Egypt's football coach was the subject of intense speculation and angry comment in the press and on the streets. Al-Ahram Weekly reviews the downfall of Gerard Gili and hears his defence
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