Al-Ahram Weekly Online
2 - 8 August 2001
Issue No.545
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Braced for the worst
There is to be no Arab summit, for the time being. But on Palestinian and Arab streets there is mounting outrage, writes Graham Usher from Jerusalem

'Not impartial, not scientific'
As political conflict threatens the survival of monuments in the world's most coveted city, Omayma Abdel-Latif speaks to UNESCO's special envoy to Jerusalem

Al-Ahram headquarters
Al-Ahram celebrates its 125th anniversary this week. In the century and a quarter since first appearing, the organisation has grown to occupy a three-building office complex, runs several state-of-the-art printing presses both in and outside Cairo and currently publishes 14 titles alongside the original --see supplement--

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OPEN PAGEOpinion
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed:
The history we remember 		Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
Hani Shukrallah:
Ultimate dilutions		 Hani Shukrallah
Nabil Abdel-Fattah:
Same question, same answer		 Nabil Abdel-Fattah
Rosemary Sayigh:
The case against Sharon 		 

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OPEN PAGEEgypt

Waiting for the observers
As everyone waits anxiously for the US to fine-tune its proposal on the shape and form of observers to be sent to Palestine, Egypt steps in to try and avert an escalation of the crisis. Tarek Atia reports

Kosheh file reopened
The Court of Cassation has ordered the retrial of 96 men, including 92 exonerated by a criminal court, who are suspected of involvement in some of the nation's worst incidents of sectarian violence. Nadia Abou El-Magd reports

OPEN PAGERegion

Palestine Israel targets political leaders
In only two days, the Israeli army has killed 18 Palestinians in cold bold, destroying for good any possibility of calm in the occupied territories, reports Khaled Amayreh

Reaping Sharon's harvest
The Intifada returned to its source on Sunday and augured a future of religious -- and therefore insoluble-conflict. Graham Usher reports from Jerusalem's Old City

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OPEN PAGEEconomy

Rendezvous with destiny
Gamal Nkrumah reflects on the spectacular rise of Megawati Sukarnoputri and the challenges that beset her

Flowing with the times
In an exclusive interview with Al-Ahram Weekly, Admiral Ahmed Ali Fadel, head of the Suez Canal Authority, spoke to Sherine Abdel-Razek about the canal's future

OPEN PAGEIT
Into the big abyss
It doesn't quite make sense and no one is just quite sure how it works, but despite the enigma of its form and type, online advertising is steadily plodding along in a globalising city. Yasmine El-Rashidi tries to grasp the concept and figure out why it will tick when much Internet-else failed
Vanya Exerjian
Vanya Exerjian:
An identity element
Profile by Youssef Rakha Pot Pourri
Just say no
By Fayza Hassan Restaurant review
Curiouser and curiouser
Injy El-Kashef goes down the rabbithole

OPEN PAGECulture

Listings

Flip the flounder
David Blake soaks up the family fiesta from Port Said

A static prospect
Youssef Rakha seeks relief from the heat

>i< An all-inclusive guide to goings on around Cairo >i<

 

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Archives
Places of memory
Amina Elbendary sifts through the stuff of history

OPEN PAGETravel

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A touch of glass
Reham El-Adawi tours an exhibition paying homage to glass and ceramics in Saqqara

The silver lining
A stunning victory at last month's Athletics Youth World Championship brought back memories of hope and desire; re-lighting the flame to a long-awaited dream, Alaa Shahine reports

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