Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
18 - 24 January 2001
Issue No.517
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Dealing with the pound
News analysis by Ibrahim Nafie

Interest rates -- here and there
Will the recent reduction of the US interest rate help the Egyptian pound preserve its value? Experts are sceptical, writes Niveen Wahish

Old Cairo
 OLD Cairo has a new face, one that visitors and inhabitants alike will soon be enjoying to the full. The neighbourhood's residents are rightly proud of the newly painted façades, the wood balconies and awnings, and the refurbished shops exhibiting the best of local craftsmanship. --see caption--

OPEN PAGEOpinion
David Hirst:
The end of Israel? 		David Hirst
Mohamed El-Sayed Said:
Democracy and cultural politics		 Mohamed El-Sayed Said
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed:
The intelligentsia and politics 		Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
Hani Shukrallah:
And now for victory 		Hani Shukrallah
Re-defiling reality
PalestineIsrael's repeated closures in Gaza are justified as temporary expedients to thwart Palestinian "terrorism." They are nevertheless creating a new and permanent reality, as Graham Usher discovered in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip
Mona Zakaria
Mona Zakaria:
A voice in the city
Profile by Fayza Hassan
Pot Pourri
Pot Pourri
The eyes of the beholder
By Fayza Hassan Restaurant review
Fishing for compliments
Injy El-Kashefis feeling crabby

OPEN PAGEEgypt

Transgressing boundaries
Shi'ite and Sunni religious leaders vow to close ranks and end centuries of mistrust at a reconciliation conference in Tehran, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif

Eye on Washington
Cairo and Damascus have expressed a hope that the new man in the White House will deal the Palestinians a fairer hand, writes Nevine Khalil

Selling the CIA to Mossad?
The defendant in the second Israeli spying trial in four years was brought before the court this week. Khaled Dawoud was there

OPEN PAGEEconomy

Burrowing beneath the legalese
The confusion caused by the application of the Sales Tax Law has rendered the law itself invalid, Tarek El-Bishri tells Aziza Sami

Levelling out
Foreign interest in the market picked up this week as foodstuffs manufacturers and cement producers captured the limelight, writes Sherine Abdel-Razek

Greenbacks for greener industry
More funds are now available for industry to improve its environmental performance. Sherine Nasr investigates

OPEN PAGERegion

Sweet tooth for slaughter
Following a brief respite, tension and bloodshed engulfed much of the West Bank and Gaza Strip this week. Khaled Amayreh, in Hebron, reports

To the bitter end
Palestinian activists across the political spectrum believe the Intifada should continue as an alternative to the tottering peace negotiations. Sherine Bahaa interviews three leading Palestinian figures

Reasonable doubt
As the defence winds up its arguments this week in the Lockerbie trial, tension is mounting among families of both the victims and the suspects, reports Judit Neurink from Camp Zeist

OPEN PAGEInternational

All the king's horses
The old Somalia cannot be put together again, nor can the new Somalia be permitted to fragment into rival statelets. So is Ethiopia the main reason behind Somalia's predicament? Gamal Nkrumah asks

A deathly silence on Depleted Uranium
Keeping a lid on the ravages brought about by NATO's use of Depleted Uranium in Kosovo is becoming harder by the day, but the United States and its allies stubbornly continue to deny the facts, writes Gavin Bowd

End-games
Will Bill Clinton return to the White House sometime in the future as the spouse of a new president? That's just one of the ideas being put about as he reaches the end of his term, as Ervin Hladnik-Milharcic observed in New York

OPEN PAGECulture

Farouq HosniWhat began as the banning of three books by the Ministry of Culture has spiralled into a far-reaching controversy drawing actors from across the cultural spectrum into its wake.--read on--

Floating bureaus
Three novels, six resignations: Youssef Rakha visits the controversy
Back to the village
The crux of the matter

OPEN PAGEEntertainment

Shaaban! Shaaban!
Tarek Atia meets the man changing the face of Arab pop

 

An all-inclusive guide to goings on around Cairo

OPEN PAGESports

Long time no see
Egypt hadn't met Libya in football in 23 years. Nashwa Abdel-Tawab reports on a reunion on the pitch

OPEN PAGETravel

Over the edge
Desert paradise -- or well-heeled commune? Nyier Abdou drops in on Egypt's most ambitious desert resort

OPEN PAGESpecial

Old Cairo The mosque, the church and the kiln
Fayza Hassan and photographer Randa Shaath rest a while in the shade of Babylon

OPEN PAGELiving

Faith in recovery
Once drug abusers break the habit, what do they do with the rest of their lives? Nesmahar Sayed finds out

Cut the craving
The apparent spread of substance abuse among increasingly younger age groups has experts stumped, and parents frantic. Gihan Shahine sees hope in a recently launched community outreach programme

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