Al-Ahram Weekly

Between chapters
Pledging renewal at home and steadfastness on the front, Bashar Al-Assad inaugurated his presidency this week. Khaled Dawoud reports

Southern strings
The West has hindered Lebanon's quest for aid by pressuring it to assert full authority over the newly liberated south. Beirut refuses to do so until Israel abides by its end of the bargain as Zeina Khodr reports

Delivering Jerusalem
Palestinians await the day Jerusalem will be recognised as the capital of their soon-to-be sovereign state. Enter Faisal Al-Husseini, the man whose cries for the city's deliverance echo the pain and suffering of Palestinian residents. Hassan Fouad writes of the visionary Palestinian figure responsible for the Jerusalem dossier

The great divides
The gaps are said to be wide in the negotiations at the Camp David summit. Nowhere near as wide as the aspirations that separate Israelis and Palestinians. Graham Usher reports from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

Mood watching at the Camp
The tight media blackout imposed by Washington on the ongoing peace talks between Palestine and Israel have left reporters with nothing but speculation. Thomas Gorguissian, in Camp David, does his share

As the huddle continues in Camp David, Al-Ahram Weekly keeps an eye on the main "sticking points" of the negotiations

'Our homeland is not for sale'
A US-backed Israeli proposal offered Palestinian refugees limited right of return to their homeland. Too little, too late? Rasha Saad gauges Palestinian reaction

What dreams may come
The long awaited dream of Palestinian statehood might come true, but only on paper, writes Sherine Bahaa

PEACE TREATY BETWEEN ISRAEL AND EGYPT
March 26, 1979

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