Al-Ahram Weekly

The end of Israel?
This may well be the dénouement of 1948 -- for Palestinians and Israelis alike, writes David Hirst in the second of a two-part series

The intelligentsia and politics
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed believes more is at stake behind the row between the Ministry of Culture and a number of Egyptian intellectuals than is commonly believed

Democracy and cultural politics
Mohamed El-Sayed Said calls for greater sensitivity, and a dose of political acumen

Editorial:
Settling the score

Soapbox:
Child torture
By May El-Rakhawi

Close up:
By Salama Ahmed Salama
No tears shed

Reflections
By Hani Shukrallah
And now for victory

This week:
Bill Clinton

Naguib Mahfouz
Sufism and poetry

		Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 18 - 24 January 2001 Issue No.517
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