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17 - 23 May 2001
Issue No.534
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DAYS OF ANGER: In Cairo, as throughout the Arab world, people came together to commemorate the Nakbah, the founding of the state of Israel on 15 May 1948, at the cost of the dispossessing the Palestinians of their nation and land --see caption--

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Edward Said:
Defiance, dignity, and the rule of dogma 		Edward Said
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed:
The Alexandria library 		Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
Salama A. Salama:
A backward choreography 		Salama Ahmed Salama
Mohamed El-Sayed Said:
Killing public support		 Mohamed El-Sayed Said

Palestine
 'Patience and more patience'
As Palestinians commemorated the Nakba, the Israeli army continued its aggressive persecution of those who remain, reports Khaled Amayreh
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The catastrophe continues
On Tuesday Palestinians everywhere came together to remember their dispossession and affirm their identity, writes Graham Usher from Ramallah

Shifting gears
What does the appointment of Ahmed Maher as foreign minister and Amr Moussa as Arab League secretary-general signify for Egyptian and Arab diplomacy?

OPEN PAGERegion

Actions speak loudest
Arab LeagueEgyptians marked the 53rd anniversary of the Nakba with growing anger and despair. But activists argue that a shift from mourning to confrontation is taking shape, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif

Looking back in anger
Fifty-three years after being forcibly expelled from their homes and thrown off their land, Palestinians turn out in force to mark the anniversary of their dispossession. May Farah reports from Beirut

OPEN PAGEEgypt

Looking for the third way
Is the Egyptian-Jordanian initiative finding favour with both Israel and the US? Considering how significantly Israel wants it changed, the answer is: probably not

Brash boycott?
Was the Pharmacists Syndicate decision to boycott Eli Lilli more ardour than erudition?

NDP 'independents' animate Shura poll
In less than seven months, the NDP has been dealt two humiliating blows, first in the People's Assembly, and then in the Bar Association, elections. Will the ruling party take another beating in the Shura ballot? asks Gamal Essam El-Din

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Lots of pudding but no eating
Poor countries simply cannot profit from globalisation, whatever the platitudes of the rich, argues Gamal Nkrumah

Bastion blackmail
Washington is all in a lather over the US being "kicked off" the UN Human Rights Commission. Money, as always, is the American cudgel of choice in its relations with the UN, writes Thomas Gorguissian from the US capital

Friends in deed
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski represents a new generation of Eastern European politicians leading their countries towards market economies and parliamentary democracy. In an exclusive interview, Ibrahim Nafie quizzed the Polish president about the Middle East peace process, the Polish economic reform and privatisation programme and Poland's relations with the European Union, the United States and as a new member of NATO

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America as catalyst
In the second of a two-part study, Galal Amin argues that during the socialist era and beyond, Americanisation was the impetus for faster and greater change

OPEN PAGEEconomy

TE seeks strategic other
Telecom Egypt is seriously looking for a strategic partner, but will it succeed in making a suitable match? Niveen Wahish investigates

Ready and able
The bourse welcomed its new trading system introduced last week, coinciding with a revival in trading activity. Sherine Abdel-Razek reports

 

Kawkab El-Assal
Kawkab El-Assal:
Lessons for life
Profile by Aziza Sami

Pot Pourri
The long month of May
By Fayza Hassan Restaurant review
Vestiges of empire
Aman ya rabbi Aman, says Injy El-Kashef hanem

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LISTINGS
An all-inclusive guide to goings on around Cairo

Blood and tears
Viola Shafik watches Palestine between two Intifadas


Out with a bang
At the Egyptian premiere of the American musical Grease, Nehad Selaiha discerns mournful chimes behind the rollicking music

OPEN PAGELiving

Beit Al-Harrawi
Paris on the Nile
Architecture, music and fashion: the Beit Al-Harrawi hosts an unusually diverse event, sweeping Fayza Hassan off her feet

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Fertility
Cost of bearing
As fertility technology advances in leaps and bounds, society lags behind in grappling with issues of morality and ethics. Fatemah Farag delves into the world of assisted reproduction

OPEN PAGETravel

Wadi Rayan
Chocolate sprinkles and caramel topping
Sandy tracks notwithstanding, Jenny Jobbins makes a meal of a day in Wadi Rayan

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