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		Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 21 - 27 December 2000 Issue No.513
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SHELVING THE PAST: The new Alexandria Library is nearing completion and its innovative design will, it is hoped, prove a major attraction, not just to scholars, but to all the city's visitors.

A very bookish phoenix
Rehab Saad visits the site of the new Alexandria Library as it seeks to don the mantle of its ancient predecessor

Mission impossible?
As Palestinians and Israelis resume talks with the Americans in Washington there are few, if any, signs of hope

Egypt:

A new and different parliament
In a keynote speech, President Mubarak has urged the newly-elected People's Assembly to closely monitor the government's performance and give priority to political reform and socio-economic development. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Independent needs
Behind-the-scenes negotiations have proved fruitless for new MP Rami Lakah in his apparent attempt to court parliamentary clout, reports Mona El-Nahhas

A shift in focus?
Inter-Arab relations have thrived under unlikely circumstances this year while the crisis-ridden peace process triggered some decisive diplomatic moves from Egypt, writes Dina Ezzat

Opinion:

Full steam ahead
Ibrahim Nafie

The US elections and the Middle East
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed

American elections: System or farce?
Edward Said

A different kind of conference
Hassan Nafaa

Monthly
Books Supplement

The complete archive of the
Special pages commemorating
50 years of Arab dispossession
since the creation of the State of Israel

Hagg Wahba:
Reference work
Profile by Safynaz Kazem

Getting it right
By Fayza Hassan

Merely jesting
Injy El-Kashef abandons herself to fate

Economy:

The business of democracy
As a number of prominent businessmen take their seats in the new parliament, people are asking what this means for the government's economic agenda

Protecting a strategic sector
A crisis has erupted in the health sector following news of a potential merger involving a foreign investor, writes Aziza Sami

In need of a jolt
For the third consecutive week the Cairo Stock Exchange has been in the doldrums, reports Sherine Abdel-Razek

Region:

Palestinian red lines
Palestinian Authority officials are pessimistic that anything new will come out of the talks with Israel in Washington, reports Khaled Amayreh from Hebron

The war of the roads
The Palestinian uprising has evolved from mass protests to guerrilla-like ambushes on settlers and the roads they travel on. It is not difficult to see why, reports Graham Usher from Kfar Ad-Dik in the West Bank

Iraq tops future US policy
The new American administration is displaying a surly mood towards Iraq, spelling out trouble for Saddam Hussein, writes Salah Hemeid

International:

The guns fall silent
Signing a peace accord in Algiers, Eritrea and Ethiopia still find it hard to close the book on their fratricidal conflict, writes Gamal Nkrumah

The saga continues
A ruling by the Santiago Court of Appeals overturning the arrest order against Pinochet has ensured that Chile's former dictator will stay out of jail, but the case isn't closed yet, writes Hisham El-Naggar

Clinton's Ulster odyssey
The symbolism surrounding Clinton's Ulster trip must not be lost on his British and Irish hosts, writes Gavin Bowd

Special:	Culture:
For the love of God In the final part of her Ramadan series on Sufism, Fayza Hassan discovers that music can be the food of devotion	Ramadan diaries Last week Amina El-Bendary shared hers. Below, Nur Elmessiri and Youssef Rakha follow suit A long way to the manger David Blake arrives
	Entertainment:
	It's an ad, ad, ad, ad world Ads before programmes, after programmes, during programmes, programmes that are ads -- Tarek Atia sorts out the mess An all-inclusive guide to goings on around Cairo

Travel:

Man on a mission
For one unlikely tourist, faith and art go hand in hand. Mary Fikry tells the story of an unusual pilgrimage

Fish out of water
Rain, wind and cloudy skies got you down? Nyier Abdou heads south to stretch her legs

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