Al-Ahram Weekly Online
28 June - 4 July 2001
Issue No.540
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Powell's limited agenda
Colin Powell began a regional tour yesterday amid American- Israeli differences on a settlement construction freeze

'Save the press'
The Al-Nabaa debacle has cast shadows over prospects for greater press freedom.Shaden Shehab assesses the damage

Soad HosniThe body of Soad Hosni, Egyptian cinema's best loved star, was expected to arrive in Cairo last night after a British coroner's court established that there were no suspicious circumstances behind her death. --read on--

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Ahmed Maher Colin PowellPowell spells political
Following Ahmed Maher's visit to Washington, Colin Powell is in the Middle East to bolster the shaky Palestinian-Israeli cease-fire.Hoda Tawfik in Washington and Nevine Khalil in Cairo report

'Their pain is too deep'
In spite of their sorrow and anger, thousands of people assembled peacefully at Al-Muharraq Monastery to hold an annual festival. Rana Allam reports from Assiut


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Rafiq Al-HaririSeeking stability
Lebanon is grappling with a stunted economy, an intricate domestic political scene and an aggressive enemy to the south. Lebanese Premier Rafiq Al-Hariri spoke to Nevine Khalil

Death by cease-fire
In flagrant disregard of the cease-fire, Sharon has made good on his government's threat to revive the policy of assassinating Palestinian activists. Khaled Amayreh reports from Jerusalem

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EG-EU
Free trade or false hopes?
Although the Egypt-EU association agreement is a fait accompli, the debate continues, writes Niveen Wahish

Pakkistan and India
Jaw-jaw not war-war
New Delhi will roll out the red carpet for self-appointed Pakistani President Musharraf because it has no option but to keep talking, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Yehia El-Rakhawi
Yehia El-Rakhawi:
Magister ludi
Profile by Samia Abdennour
Pot Pourri
Roadrunner
By Fayza Hassan
Restaurant review
Thai me up
Injy El-Kashef follows the trail

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LISTINGS
An all-inclusive guide to goings on around Cairo

Soad Hosni
The death of the Cinderella of Egyptian cinema last Thursday brought her career to the forefront of public consciousness after a period of relative decline. Below, the reactions of four of her contemporaries give a sense of the woman and her work

In the present tense
By Mohamed Khan

Sister to the moon
By Safynaz Kazem

Before the public gaze
By Mona Anis

Hosni's Filmography

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Galen
Shredding myths and scholarship
The new Library is rising like a phoenix in Alexandria -- or is it? Jenny Jobbins delves into the story of what might have happened to the Great Library built by the Ptolemies

McFalafel
Good night, Mr Hamburger
Tarek Atia opens up the sesame-seed bun and wonders: where's the fuul?

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Ottoman houses in Rosetta
A merchant's paradise
It is a little over two hundred years since the Rosetta stone was unearthed in the Delta town. Jenny Jobbins looks at the town's other gem, its architecture, now being restored after years of neglect 		The church of Virgin Mary
A place of pilgrimage
The church of Virgin Mary in Zeitoun, a focus of interest since the reported apparition of the Virgin Mary on the dome in late 1960s, has recently undergone restoration. Rehab Saad visited the church and learned its history

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