Al-Ahram Weekly

Doubling beneath the weight
US interests in the region are being crushed beneath the strain of keeping "the strategic burden" of Israel afloat, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Required: skills for the aftermath
Instead of pondering the problem of peace, writes Rushdi Said, we would do well to prepare for the post-settlement phase

Imaging tomorrow (4):
Creativity -- on Heikal's terms
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed discusses Heikal's ideas on what to expect from the Middle East peace process in future, presented in Al-Ahram Weekly's recent interview with the prominent writer under the title "Living with contradiction"

A user-friendly Middle East
Hardware or software? Sami Elrazaz advises a change in the operating system

Close up
By Salama Ahmed Salama
In the big league
The extraordinary meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Beirut has revived at least a measure of self-confidence in the Arab nation. --read on--

Editorial
Lebanon is not alone
The first meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Beirut this week was important for many reasons. --read on--

Naguib Mahfouz
Free in the real world
Women's liberation movements are essential components of any renaissance in a people's history. --read on--

Soapbox
By Farida El-Naqqash
Old woman, new woman
Had there not been a strong women's movement in Egypt, the recent amendments to the procedural Personal Status Law would have been impossible. --read on--