Al-Ahram Weekly

The lessons of Hizbullah
It has been one year since the Israeli army left Lebanon and eight months since Lebanon came to Israel and the occupied territories. Graham Usher reports from Ramallah

Imaginary lines
Lebanon celebrated the first anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from the south amid increased tension over the Shebaa Farms. Zeina Abou Rizk reports from Beirut

A clear message to Israel?
An OIC meeting failed to show enough solidarity with the Palestinians. Dina Ezzat reports

Brotherhood on the move in Jordan
Though anti-Israeli demonstrations passed peacefully this week in Jordan, confrontations between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Jordanian government are still unfolding

Iraq defiant
The Bush administration is seeking to unite the fractured Gulf war coalition behind its new "smart sanctions" regime. But some of Iraq's allies are stalling, writes Salah Hemeid

Campaign blues
Iran's President Khatami's first major rally strikes hardly any note at all. Azadeh Moaveni follows the Tehran's lacklustre presidential campaign

New Kennedy in trouble
Public sector employees took to the streets on Saturday amid signs that the Turkish public's three month honeymoon with Minister of Economy Kemal Dervis may be drawing to a close. Gareth Jenkins reports from Istanbul

Obituary:
IBRAHIM ABU-LUGHOD, 72, leading Palestinian educator, scholar and activist died in Ramallah, Palestine on 23 May, the result of a debilitating lung disease.
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Region Briefs

'Hands off'
House arrest

		Al-Ahram Weekly Online 31 May - 6 June 2001 Issue No.536
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