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28 Sep. - 4 Oct. 2000
Issue No. 501
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Votes that count
The forthcoming elections will be a landmark on the path to greater democracy, writes Ibrahim Nafie
Breakdown or breakthrough?
Apparently the peace talks are stalled. But is that really the case? Mohamed Sid-Ahmed discusses the issue
Addressing the social body
Mustafa El-Fiqi considers the many aspects of development
More than a question of vocabulary
Behind terminology, moral and legal questions lurk. John Whitbeck translates
Close up
By Salama Ahmed Salama
Reality call
Since the first candidates were nominated for the People's Assembly elections, Egyptians have been in an extraordinary state of excitement. --read on--
Reflections
By Hani Shukrallah
New eggs for old
Campaigning for the new parliament is in full swing and, with judicial supervision and three weeks of polling in various parts of the country to look forward to, we are promised, if nothing much else, an interesting couple of months. --read on--
Editorial
Affirmative inaction
Approximately 80 per cent of the 4,250 candidates competing for 444 seats in the parliamentary elections do not belong to any of the country's 15 political parties. --read on--

Naguib Mahfouz
A new era
Given that these are the first elections in the new century and the first to be subject to full judicial supervision, one hopes that they will live up to people's expectations. --read on--


This week:
Nasser

Soapbox
 Fairly undemocratic
By Salah Eissa

 
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