Al-Ahram Weekly

A third way

Faced with the options of capitulation or confrontation, Yasser Arafat is waiting on a third. Graham Usher reports from Jerusalem

Lebanese politics "revive"
at fever pitch
Amidst unprecedented alliances, boycotts and accusations of corruption, Lebanon prepares to go to the polls at the end of this month. Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut

In sheep's clothing
A deadly air raid on Kurds in northern Iraq might bear out the claim that Turkey does not always make a distinction between civilian and military targets. Gareth Jenkins reports from Ankara