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		Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 11 - 17 January 2001 Issue No.516
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TWO MILLENNIA on, and children are being massacred in Palestine once again. Outrage at the possibility that their rights could be signed away once and for all -- to a government, furthermore, whose death warranty is all but signed, and whose successor will regard any agreements as worthless paper -- has fuelled the Palestinians' determination to fight on. --see caption--

No, yes, but...
Most Palestinians have said "No" to US proposals. But has their leader? Graham Usher writes from Jerusalem

No novel proscription
Does the dismissal of the head of the General Organisation of Cultural Palaces mark a shift away from government support of freedom of expression, asks Omayma Abdel-Latif

Opinion
Edward Said: Trying again and again
David Hirst: Redrawing the norm
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed: Samson and the temple
Hani Shukrallah: Making sense of insanity

Paying the price
Ten years of sanctions have only strengthened the regime and destroyed Iraqi society. Isam Al-Khafaji looks back upon a bitter harvest, and wonders what monster will arise from the ashes of this all-out assault

Mostafa El-Feqi:
The survivor
Profile by Nevine Khalil

Acrobat
By Fayza Hassan

Reception heights
Injy El-Kashef gets a table with a view

Egypt

Putting the slate back into the poll?
A Shura Council committee is debating the introduction of a "mixed electoral system" combining the individual candidacy and proportional slate systems. Gamal Essam El-Din reports on an unexpected move

Monthly
Books Supplement

Egyptian to the core
Administrative courts have quashed the legality of the parliamentary membership of at least three MPs on grounds of citizenship. Amira Howeidy reports

A contentious birthday celebration
Israeli atrocities against the Palestinians, since the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, have triggered an outpouring of anti-Israeli sentiment among Egyptians. The mulid of a 19th century Jewish holy man has suffered as a result. Nadia Abou El-Magd reports on the controversy

Economy

Swamped in cement
Will another battle ensue over the sale of a stake in a cement company? Sherine Abdel-Razek investigates the Helwan Portland offering

Privatisation 2001
With the new year, the government has plunged into privatisation. Niveen Wahish looks at its strategy for 2001

When Thursday never comes
How can over 3,000 workers lose their jobs overnight? Fatemah Farag reports from the underside of the free market economy

Region

A parting shot
Clinton's proposals for a final settlement between Israelis and Palestinians were his farewell gift to a country towards which he has had a clear bias throughout his eight years in the White House, writes Gamil Mattar

The masters' deadly message
As the Israeli army continued its unabated killing of Palestinian civilians, two women were martyred bringing the death toll to almost 400 since the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, Khaled Amayreh reports from Hebron

Unmaking Sharon
In Israel's prime ministerial election campaign Ariel Sharon speaks of peace and Ehud Barak warns of war, but both are lying. Graham Usher reports from Jerusalem

Peace Now and its 'other'
The founder of Israel's Peace Now , Amos Oz, believes Palestinians should give up the refugees' right of return in exchange for a peace deal. Yehudith Harel, an Israeli peace activist, explains how this view reflects the intellectual dishonesty of the mainstream of Israel's peace camp

International

Divided they stand
Black Caucus members walked out in protest at Florida's vote débacle; Hillary Clinton walked in to steal the limelight; and George W Bush's election victory was finally officially sanctioned. Thomas Gorguissian from Washington on the eventful opening of the 107th Congress

Breaking the cycle
Will democracy in West Africa survive the social and economic problems engulfing the region? Gamal Nkrumah argues that the complete failure of an attempted military coup in Ivory Coast last week indicates that it may

Culture

A life on public view
The career of the Syrian poet Adonis is currently the subject of an exhibition in Paris, writes David Tresilian

Without identity
Mustafa Darwish finds nothing to enthuse about in this Eid's films

Entertainment

Flirting with the formula
Tarek Atia wades through the controversy surrounding this Eid's biggest film
Changing of the guard

An all-inclusive guide to goings on around Cairo

Sports

Victory of sorts

Egypt defeated the UAE in the first of a gruelling seven-match schedule in January. Nashwa Abdel-Tawab reports

Travel

Ageless elegance

Often associated with its summer clientele and surprisingly under-visited by foreign travellers, Alexandria is far from just a conduit to cooler weather during sweltering summer months. Rehab Saad catches a glimpse of Alexandria at rest

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