Al-Ahram Weekly Online
23 - 29 August 2001
Issue No.548
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While Palestine burns
The Palestinians' five-month wait for another "special session" of the UN Security Council has brought nothing except greater Israeli repression. Graham Usher writes from Jerusalem

Tending to the tinderbox
At an emergency meeting of the Arab League, Arab foreign ministers resolved to draw world attention to the occupied territories. Dina Ezzat reports


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OPEN PAGEOpinion
Ibrahim Nafie:
Window of opportunity 		Ibrahim Nafie
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed:
A non-racist Zionism? 		Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
Hani Shukrallah:
Suicide's not painless		 Hani Shukrallah
Hassan Nafaa:
Mob tactics 		Hassan Nafaa

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Palestine
Where the carnations still grow
Returning to Palestine almost a year after the Al-Aqsa Intifada began, Randa Shaath finds horror, hope and daily heroism

Intense contacts     |    Cape rally     |    Surprise call

OPEN PAGEEgypt

'Sincere intentions for peace'
Egypt pushed ahead with diplomatic efforts for the deployment of cease-fire monitors in Palestinian territories, but presidential adviser Osama El-Baz appears to have failed to persuade the Americans to drop their opposition to the idea. Khaled Dawoud and Soha Abdelaty report

US upholds Israeli veto
In Washington, mum is the word, writes Hoda Tawfik from the US capital

OPEN PAGERegion

In for the long haul -- and winning
Israel's recent assault on Hamas has brought it increased popularity among Palestinians and deeper unity with Fatah. Graham Usher in Gaza looks at the rise and rise of Palestine's premier Islamic movement

Releasing tension
Seeking to calm public anger, Lebanese authorities released nearly all those who were arrested after rumours of a plot to undermine state security. Zeina Abu Rizk reports from Beirut

OPEN PAGEInternational

A troubled inheritance
Analysts applaud her new cabinet, but Indonesia's President Megawati Sukarnoputri may need a bit more to confront Indonesia's impressive catalogue of woes. Gamal Nkrumah reports

  Swept under the rug
African Americans, the Durban conference and US policy are tied together by the silent bonds of a gagged effort to seek reparations for slavery, writes David Du Bois from New York

OPEN PAGEEconomy

Stabilising the pound
Imports, allegedly a prime cause for the decline in the pound's value over the past two years, may, ironically, help to maintain it at its new level, as Niveen Wahish finds out

Living with the pain
While policymakers and economists squabble over the nuts and bolts of turning Egypt's economy around, Gihan Shahine looks for the human face of Egypt's recession

Hoda Rashad
Hoda Rashad:
Looking in all the right places
Profile by Reem Saad

Pot Pourri
The sweet taste of water
By Fayza Hassan

Restaurant review
The heat is on
Injy El-Kashef finds sweetness at last

OPEN PAGECulture

Versions of the poet
Salah Abdel-Sabour wrote some of the earliest "free poetry" in Arabic, and his subtle grace and cultivated simplicity made him an indispensable voice of hadatha (modernism). On the 20th anniversary of his death, one of his most famous poems captures the aspect of his work, while Youssef Rakha surveys the analyses of a range of Arab poets in an attempt to demarcate his territory


Dreams of the Old Knight
By Salah Abdel-Sabour

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

OPEN PAGELiving
Now the party's over
Without much fanfare, one more Cairo landmark has bitten the dust. Last week, writes Fayza Hassan, the famous Auberge des Pyramides, witness to almost half a century of Egyptian nightlife, was razed to the ground

OPEN PAGESports
Rallying for the Arabs
He's one of the few Arab rally drivers around and the only one who genuinely rallies for his countrymen. Nashwa Abdel-Tawab portrays a staunch Arab supporter on wheels

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OPEN PAGETravel
The heat is on
Scientists are conjuring fire and brimstone, but where does the science end and the paranoia begin? Nyier Abdou traces the panic over global warming 		The Big Apple bites back
Fascinated by legends of the city that never sleeps, Fayza Hassan travels to New York at last... and discovers she can make it anywhere
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