Al-Ahram Weekly Online
7 - 13 June 2001
Issue No.537
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RamallahTIME COLLAPSED: On Tuesday, 34 years had passed since the 1967 War, during which Israel occupied Gaza and the West Bank; but it seems as if that moment had stretched on endlessly in time, and resonates yet today... --caption--

Walking on a precipice
A week after the Tel Aviv bombing Yasser Arafat is damned if he does not reign in his militants and damned if he does, writes Graham Usher from Ramallah

In Nepal, death
The royal family of Nepal lies dead. Crown prince Dipendra is blamed for their murder. Jasper Thornton, who was at school with Dipendra, remembers the prince

OPEN PAGEEgypt

Hectic diplomacy
Egypt has been engaged in a breathless diplomatic effort to hold together the fragile cease-fire in the Palestinian territories following last Friday's deadly Tel Aviv bombing. Khaled Dawoud and Tarek Atia report

Homeless on Al-Warraq?
A statement by Prime Minister Atef Ebeid took the heat off a confrontation between the government and the inhabitants of two Nile islands. But, as Gihan Shahine asks, was the statement misunderstood and were inhabitants deceived?

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Faisal Al-Husseini's funeralThe last post
Faisal Al-Husseini is dead, yet Palestinians are determined to continue his struggle, reports Khaled Amayreh from Jerusalem

Khatami
 He'll win -- but what then?
While the first election that swept Mohamed Khatami into power grabbed the world's attention, it is his second turn at the ballot box that could determine the future of Iran. Azadeh Moaveni surveys the political scene in Tehran, and interviews a leading clergy close to the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei

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Al-Bashir, Gaddafi and MuseveniWashington in the works
Hopes are again dashed for a comprehensive peace settlement between the Sudanese government and the main armed opposition group, the SPLA. But Washington stands poised to step in, writes Gamal Nkrumah

OPEN PAGEEconomy

Metal urge
While everyone else has been fretting about IT, oil and tourism, one company has been quietly hunting gold in the Eastern desert. They've just publicised their discoveries; and they are big - very big, writes Jasper Thornton

Obituary
Ibrahim Shihata
(1937 - 2001)
By James D Wolfensohn
Samir Sabri
Samir Sabri:
Show business as usual
Profile by Mursi Saad El-Din

Pot Pourri
Fan fury
By Fayza Hassan Restaurant review
Pure pleasures
Injy El-Kashef rediscovers the simple things

OPEN PAGECulture

 

LISTINGS
An all-inclusive guide to goings on around Cairo

The children's hour
If the past four summers have been relatively buoyant at the box office this may be the result of the belated discovery by filmmakers of the power of marketing, writes Mohamed El-Assyouti

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Emadeddin Adib
Thinking big
Tarek Atia speaks to media maverick Emadeddin Adib, whose Good News 4 Me portal just signed a big deal with US Internet giant MSNBC.com, about the ups and downs of being a web mogul

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Mohamed Abul-Enein
Political business
Why would a successful entrepreneur want to play politics? Omayma Abdel-Latif looks into the emerging class of businessmen-politicians
Alexandria Alexandria of the heart's mind
Alexandria is about to be hit by two million tourists. Keeping ahead of the crowds, Fatemah Farag looks at the current drive to rehabilitate the "bride of the Mediterranean" and finds a contest in which conservation, profit and the demands of a growing population vie for space profit and the demands

OPEN PAGELiving

Victory for Palestine!
Signs and sensibility
Caricaturist Mohieddin El-Labbad's most recent collection of caricatures is out. Fayza Hassan savours the humour

OPEN PAGETravel

Baboon The other mummies
Preserving human mummies is one thing, but animal mummies are another. Amira El-Noshokaty is in on a project to save the once-treasured animal remains from turning to dust

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Ahmed HossamBoy wonder
Teenage sensation Ahmed Hossam goes to Ajax in a jackpot transfer. Alaa Shahine focuses on the wonder boy

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