Al-Ahram Weekly Online
13 - 19 September 2001
Issue No.551
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New YorkHorror, horror
Graham Usher, in Jerusalem, writes on the implications of the Washington and New York attacks for the situation in the region

The giant's feet of clay
Chaos reigned, hubris came home to roost -- and Gamal Nkrumah looked on in disbelief

In this together
A deluge of hate seems poised to rain down on Arabs and Muslims living in the West, even before those responsible for Tuesday's abominable acts are identified

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OPEN PAGEEgypt

Asserting the primacy of politics
Against the backdrop of the Arab League's foreign ministers meeting this week, Cairo forged ahead with consultations to bring Palestinians and Israelis to the negotiating table, writes Nevine Khalil

Message to 'the castle'
Tahrir Sq., CairoDemonstrators condemning the US administration for its support for Israel were prevented from reaching the American embassy in the heart of Cairo. They got their message across, nevertheless. Khaled Dawoud joined the crowd

OPEN PAGEOpinion
Salama A Salama:
American nightmare 		Salama A Salama
Gamil Mattar:
Notes on the margins 		Gamil Mattar
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed:
Kashmir and Palestine 		Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
Hani Shukrallah:
Beyond the seventh veil 		 Hani Shukrallah

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OPEN PAGERegion

No success like failure
IsraelMost Palestinians saw Bloody Sunday as a vindication of the tactic of a "balance of terror." Ariel Sharon may have seen it as a green light for his ongoing policies of re-conquest. Graham Usher reports from Jerusalem

Suspended sentence
Belgium has frozen the investigation into Sharon's role in the Sabra and Shatila massacre; critics accuse it of caving in to Israeli pressure. Amira Howeidy reports

OPEN PAGEWCAR

Exercises in translation
Will governments grant Arab NGOs more breathing space after Durban? Bahiyeddin Hassan wonders

Mammon mad
Western behaviour in Durban made it all so horribly clear. All the rich world cares for is wealth and power, writes Gamal Nkrumah

OPEN PAGEEconomy

Bank buyers bullish
Most Egyptian stocks may rate a "sell," but foreign interest in Egypt's banks is flourishing, writes Niveen Wahish

Tahsin Bashir
Tahsin Bashir:
The great communicator
Profile by Aziza Sami Pot Pourri
Mother dearest
By Fayza Hassan Restaurant review
I will survive
Injy El-Kashef after the earthquake

OPEN PAGECulture
LISTINGS

All fish, flesh and fowl appeared at the 17th Alexandria Film Festival. Nor was that all. Mohamed El-Assyouti tracked down jury head Jaya Bachchan, and spoke with director François Gérard about bargain basement filmmaking

Indian wisdom

'You can do anything'

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

OPEN PAGELiving


Tea on the lawn
Green areas as imagined by today's planners are ecologically nonsensical, and a cultural anomaly to boot. Mohamed Moftah comments

OPEN PAGEFeatures
School days
Hitting the books
After 10 years of curriculum reform, how far have we come, asks Mariz Tadros 		Palestine
Tonight it could be you
For more than fifty years Arab citizens of Israel have been grappling with Israel's own brand of religious, social and political apartheid. Jenny Jobbins looks into their plight

OPEN PAGESports
Squash
Peter the Great
Peter Nicol was indeed grand after winning the Al-Ahram International Squash Championship, reports Nashwa Abdel-Tawab 		Mediterranean Games
Over and above
By the end of the seventh day of the Mediterranean Games, Egypt had already surpassed expectations. Inas Mazhar writes on a promise kept
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