Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
23 - 29 March 2000
Issue No. 474
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Ibrahim Nafie
Ibrahim Nafie:
Towards a true partnership

Edward Said
Edward Said:
A truly fragile identity

Mohamed Sid Ahmed
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed:
A complete turnabout in political thinking

Richard Hoath
Richard Hoath:
The call of the wild

Profile by
Pascale Ghazaleh


1994 opinion poll
The results of Al-Ahram Weekly poll
conducted prior to the last parliamentary elections

Millennium issue
20th century Special issue
50 Years of Dispossession The complete archive of the
Special pages commemorating
50 years of Arab dispossession
since the creation of the State of Israel

Pope John Paul II in Bethlehem In the shadow
of the cross

Both Israel and the Palestinians will celebrate the Pope's visit this week, though their motives are very different. Graham Usher reports from Jerusalem and Bethlehem

An Egyptian perspective
President Mubarak arrives in Washington tomorrow with a full agenda. Nevine Khalil, in the US capital, reviews the list

A special relationship?
What is likely to top agendas during President Mubarak's visit to Washington? Al-Ahram Weekly examines the likely contenders

Turning a new page
The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights' cheque file has been "closed," but does this indicate that a new page has been turned in relations between the government and civil society? Amira Howeidy investigates

Tracing Egypt's ancient roots
Egyptologists will be back in Cairo for the third International Congress of Egyptology (ICE) to be held in Egypt. Jill Kamil recalls the lessons learned from congresses past


Caviar, carpets and compromise
With Iran's reformists still reeling following an assassination attempt on one of their leaders, a historic American overture may speed their recovery and produce further ripples. Azadeh Moaveni assesses the intricacies of Iran's response

Can Clinton charm South Asia?
India is booming, and Pakistan is spoiling the party. And, the Kashmiri question again forced itself atop Clinton's South Asia agenda, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Europe's far-right wunderkind
The ramifications of far-right political inroads into the European political establishments are cause for concern, writes Tom Schimmeck from Berlin

Remembering 'the Master'
Hassan FathyOn the centenary of the great architect's birth, Yasmine El-Rashidi revisits his house and reminisces with some of those who crossed his way

Mothers of substance
Isis and HorusOver the centuries, writes Fayza Hassan, Egyptian women's rights have been withheld, denied or travestied. At no time, however, was the importance of their role as mothers questioned. Recently, 21 March has been officially declared Egyptian Mother's Day
Ard Al-Khawf
Lost in Yehya's labyrinth
Khairiya El-Bishlawi delves into the most significant of the Eid releases

 
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Geneva talks
US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton said he was "hopeful" about a meeting on Sunday with Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad aimed at reviving Syrian-Israeli peace negotiations.--read on--

US review
US SECRETARY of State Madeleine Albright authorised a 26-hour trip by US consular officials to Libya that began yesterday. The aim of the trip is to measure the risk to an unknown number of US citizens who live and work there despite the 18-year-old US ban on travel to the country. --read on-


Ahmed Barrada
Barada stabbed in the back
Squash star Ahmed Barada, ranked third in the world, has survived an attack by an unidentified assailant late on Sunday. Inas Mazhar reports

Panels on the side
How do you keep hundreds of Egyptologists from around the globe happy for six days? Ask Zahi Hawass


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