Al-Ahram Weekly

Commemorating 15 May

'Patience and more patience'
As Palestinians commemorated the Nakba, the Israeli army continued its aggressive persecution of those who remain, reports Khaled Amayreh

Meeting the resistance
Oslo's old infrastructure of security cooperation lay buried beneath the devastation visited on Gaza and the West Bank and the new Palestinian resistance flowering amid the ruins. It may prove impossible to repair. Graham Usher reports from Rafah

Three-tiered master plan
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is proving his record by carefully escalating violence against the Palestinians. He has a definite agenda, writes Michael Jansen

Actions speak loudest

Egyptians 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

God or Mammon?
Iran's reformist candidates are urging a new foreign policy based on economic need, not Islamic unity. Azadeh Moaveni talks regional politics with some of the contenders in the presidential race

Commission into chaos
Algerian President Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika announced two investigation commissions 15 days ago, but they are still in the formative stage. Nasr El-Kaffas reports from Algiers

Paris meeting
A senior Palestinian official said yesterday that preparations were under way to arrange a meeting in Paris on 23 May between Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and US Secretary of State Colin Powell --read on--

		Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 17 - 23 May 2001 Issue No.534
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