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A SMOOTH TRANSITION? The late Syrian president could have been bidding his people farewell, his hand lifted in salute or in mild protest at the approaching end, his gaze already somehow remote; his son and heir, Bashar, has since stepped squarely on to the stage, his fist raised in defiance or determination. It is still impossible to know, however, if Hafez Al-Assad was an institution unto himself, so powerful that Bashar, were he thus inclined, will find it impossible to dismantle his father's legacy.
A legacy to live with
Tuesday's funeral of Hafez Al-Assad cannot quite be said to mark the end of an era, writes Khaled Dawoud from Damascus
A new Assad, a new Middle East?
The death of Hafez Al-Assad opens the door for a change of direction in Syrian foreign policy. Dina Ezzat explores the possible scenarios
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Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad
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 Treading carefully for women's rights
With the end of the week-long UN women's conference in New York, Dahlia Hammouda reviews the final status of the so-called Beijing+5
Tribute to the press
 Celebrating Journalist Day Ibrahim Nafie handed an award of merit to renowned writer Mohamed Hassanein Heikal and underlined the necessity of a balance between press freedom and responsibility. Shaden Shehab covered the festivities
And God said, 'Read'
Illiteracy remains shamefully high in the Muslim world, at a time when advanced nations are going cyber. This was among the many challenges discussed by Islamic scholars and scientists in a conference held this week. Amina Elbendary logged in
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Dog eats dog
To make sense of the tragic dynamic of current conflicts in , Gamal Nkrumah turns to Rousseau's notion that "might creates right"
Trade and trepidation
The bang and whimper of last week's OAS protests either mark the final gasp of the anti-free trade movement or merely a lull in the struggle against globalisation, Marc Munro reports
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More than writing on the wall
The world's largest collection of Palestinian political posters is soon to find its way onto the Web, writes Wendy Lehman
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Digging up the garden
 Yesterday, exactly two centuries had passed since Soliman El-Halabi sprang out of the bushes in the garden of Azbakiya, and was propelled into history. Did he climb on stage willingly, dagger in hand, to assassinate General Kléber, the commander of the French troops occupying Egypt? Or was he dragged kicking and screaming out of anonymity? Pascale Ghazaleh sifts through the evidence
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The man behind the deal?
 Inside the Saqqara tomb of a 19th-century official could lie clues to a treaty that changed the course of Pharaonic history. Nevine El-Aref reports on an interesting find
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Raising the bar
Electronic bar-codes will soon become an international trade requisite. Aziza Sami notes that the barriers to implementation are indicative of the constraints frustrating greater IT development
The architecture of the global medina
The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur are the tallest buildings in the world. Using its architectural symbolism as a metaphor for wider social issues, Marc Munro argues that the design of this structure presents a positive challenge to the notion of Islamic identity
L'audace, toujours l'audace...
French couture invaded Egypt last week by way of BMW. A glittering array of Cairene socialites gathered at the Opera House, which played host to the unique event. Tanya Goudsouzian managed to sneak a peek
Wagering on the Euro
The field is wide open as the 2000 European football championship kicked off. Abeer Anwar analyses some of the aspirants vying for the crown
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