Al-Ahram Weekly Online   20 - 26 February 2003
Issue No. 626
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Rising to the occasion
The time is ripe for the Arabs to adopt a strong and unified position on the Iraq standoff, Ibrahim Nafie argues

Post-Oslo solidarity
Why have the Palestinians lost so much international support, and what can be done to regain it, asks Joseph Massad

Split in NATO
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed discusses the crisis that threatened to tear NATO apart last week

No more secrets
Questions such as Iraq and Palestine are as much a part of domestic policy as are issues of democratisation inseparable from foreign policy, argues Mustafa El-Feki

As another world emerges
The first US-led war against Iraq saw the birth of the post-Cold War world. As the US prepares for the sequel, an even "newer" world order is being born, writes Osama El-Ghazali Harb

Cartoon by Gomaa

This week:
TONY BENN

Editorial:
Tense stand-off
The world must commit to winning peace...

Close up
Passing the buck
The Arab world is passing through a critical time that will test its leaders' ability to reach common ground...
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox
Saying nothing at length
The statement issued by Arab foreign ministers disappointed those who had entertained the illusion that the upcoming Arab summit will adopt a clear position on the Iraq war...
By Salah Eissa

Anti-war, anti-Saddam
I had lost touch with the developments of the Iraqi crisis during my illness. Now that I am following things again, they worry and upset me tremendously...
By Naguib Mahfouz

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