Al-Ahram Weekly Online
26 July - 1 August 2001
Issue No.544
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Shutting out the light
For months Yasser Arafat has been focusing on the diplomatic front at the expense of the home. This week the costs became clear, writes Graham Usher from Jerusalem

 First stop Durban
Arab NGOs finally met to prepare for Durban. But what exactly did the "Arab caucus" achieve, asks Amira Howeidy

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OPEN PAGEOpinion
Noam Chomsky:
Ripple before the storm		 Noam Chomsky
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed:
Instead of intervention 		Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
Hani Shukrallah:
Fear of penetration		 Hani Shukrallah
Gamil Mattar:
Globally, a poor performance 		Gamil Mattar

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Dead bodies

Ali Maher and Mohamed NaguibTo mark the beginning of the golden jubilee year of the 23 July 1952 Revolution, over the next 12 months Al- Ahram Weekly will be running an occasional series chronicling the last days of the monarchy and mapping the events that led to the revolution and the emergence of the political forces that would direct the subsequent changes --see caption--

OPEN PAGEEgypt

'No hope in Sharon'
While commemorating the July Revolution, President Mubarak brought the situation in the Palestinian territories into perspective, writes Nevine Khalil

Remembering the revolution
Celebrating the anniversary of the 23 July revolution, Nasserists asked themselves some tough questions about what remained of its legacy. Nadia Abou El-Magd reports

OPEN PAGERegion

Speaking her nation's mind
Hanan Ashrawi is the Arab League's new Commissioner on Information and Public Policy. But she is not about "apologising, rationalising or doctoring" official Arab policies. Credibility, she says, is gained only "when you express your people's reality without distortion". Graham Usher spoke to her in Jerusalem

'Things we will never talk about'
Israel is adopting the method of 'quiet assassinations' against the Palestinians in an attempt to avoid international outcry, reports Khaled Amayreh from Hebron

OPEN PAGEInternational

Statesmen and politicians
Despite a recent spate of conferences, Washington's unilateral approach to world poverty has made a joke of multilateral decision making -- and, as usual, it's the poor who pay the price, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Send in the troops
Maniacal security measure led pumped up troops to go on a rampage against anti-globalisation protesters at the G8 meeting in Genoa, while heads of state ducked past and paid lip service to poverty alleviation, writes Faiza Rady

OPEN PAGEEconomy

Too little, too late?
The pound's devaluation against the dollar has caused the much-coveted green notes to be in even shorter supply. Niveen Wahish and Sherine Abdel-Razek examine the impact of the move on the market

Sales tax blues
Although merchants have at last come to terms with the sales tax, trading is at all- time low and consumers might finally be bearing the brunt. Mona El-Fiqi reports
Ahmed Hamroush
Ahmed Hamroush:
For corps and country
Profile by Gamal Nkrumah Pot Pourri
Beware the tourists
By Fayza Hassan Restaurant review
Mindless munchies
Injy El-Kashef visits an old friend

OPEN PAGECulture

Listings

 Raafat El-Mihi Calm down, Don Quixote
Raafat El-Mihi's literary debut, published recently in Paris, was banned on entry to Egypt. The event coincided with other censorial troubles. As he finds his right to self expression increasingly under siege, Youssef Rakha and Amina Elbendary meet with the enfant terrible of Egyptian cinema

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Nile islandersThe last frontier
Fayza Hassan and photographer Randa Shaath return to Al-Qursaya and find a storm brewing on the Nile's tiniest island, too

OPEN PAGEFeatures
Muwazzaf
Back to the dust
Who wants to push paper for a pittance? Fatemah Farag probes the revitalised appeal of a government job 		Suez Canal
Rites of passage
A symbol of national pride and independence, the Suez Canal has seen better days. On the 45th anniversary of the nationalisation of the Suez Canal Company, Sherine Abdel-Razek looks at the canal then and now

OPEN PAGETravel

OPEN PAGESports

Pyramid of Lahun
Building with bricks
A massive stone causeway known as Gisr Gadallah twists across the agricultural plain from Lahun village, west of Beni Suef, to a unique brick pyramid on the edge of the desert. Jill Kamil followed the wall and explored the pyramid complex

Zidane The real deal
Forty years after a spotlighted football gathering, two teams have decided to reunite. Alaa Shahine reports

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