Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
15 - 21 March 2001
Issue No.525
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Arab talk
ON THE SIDELINES of the Arab League meeting of foreign ministers, President Hosni Mubarak met with the league's secretary-general, Esmat Abdel-Meguid, and a number of top diplomats from Arab countries on Sunday --read on--

Arab relations on the move
At the upcoming Arab summit deliberations on the Palestine issue are expected to go more smoothly than those on the plight of the Iraqi people, writes Dina Ezzat

The hidden issue
As parliament readies to debate the government's policy statement, opposition MPs gear up to tackle the absence of political reform, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

A legend in silhouette
Ahmed Hamroush mourns Maria Ghazi, an Egyptian-born champion of the dispossessed

Caretakers of the future
ON TUESDAY, Mrs Suzanne Mubarak opened the National Council for Women's (NCW) second annual women's conference, entitled "The Egyptian Woman and the National Plan 2002-2007." --read on--

Troubled waters ahead
Will the Wafd Party go the way of the defunct Labour Party? Shaden Shehab sorts through the jumble of accusations over two high-profile dismissals

Taking sides
Does Britain's new anti-terrorism offensive target militancy -- or Islam? Khaled Dawoud wonders if Britain is toeing the American line

Changing the guard
For Egypt's Coptic community, religion and politics walk hand in hand -- but should they? Nadia Abou El-Magd raises the curtain on Saturday's Coptic Community Council elections

Power links
Custody battle
EU appeal
Flying colours
Unpleasant news
Frozen draft
Family in crisis Over the bridge
Eid casualties
Obituary


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