Al-Ahram Weekly Online   9 - 15 October 2003
Issue No. 659
Opinion
Current issue
Previous issue
Site map
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875
Text menu below
Comment Recommend Batch view

Keys to cooperation
Designs to fragment the Arab world make reform of the Arab order imperative, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Virtually political
Modern forms of communication are changing the political landscape in unforeseen ways, argues Nabil Abdel-Fattah

From David Kelly to Valerie Plame
Already facing accusations that they overstated the case for war, Bush and Blair are now facing serious political challenges at home, says Mohamed Sid-Ahmed

A possible victory
Celebrations of the October War are not about triumphalism, writes Amr El-Choubaki . Rather, they are about the reconstruction that made that victory possible

Edward Said's journey to Ithaka
There is a place for us. Joseph Massad ponders the life and work of a beloved friend and a great man

The bullet and the pulpit
Syria will not take Sharon's bait, writes Sami Moubayed

Edward Said and the politics of dispossession
A citizen of the world with roots deep in his homeland, Edward Said had an acute understanding of the anguish of the dispossessed, writes Ghada Karmi

Symptoms of decay
Separating the private and public domains, says Azmi Bishara , is the first step toward the elimination of graft

The artist of our dream
It falls to us, disciples of the humane vision that Edward Said helped to construct, to deconstruct the false barriers that prevent its realisation, writes George Naggiar

Cartoon by Gomaa
Cartoon by Fathi

Editorial:
Sharon flails out
The Israeli strike against what it claimed were Palestinian bases near the Syrian capital Damascus was unjustifiable...

Close up
Public relations and politics
Many rulers and officials in the Arab world agree that the US role in resolving the Arab- Israeli conflict is indispensable...
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox
The bureaucratic mind
While bureaucratic shortcomings are everywhere they are nowhere so harmful as in educational institutions and business concerns...
By Mohamed Rabie

Remembering October
The generation that lived through the October War will never forget its impact...
By Naguib Mahfouz


This week:
FAROUQ AL-SHARA'

33% Off -- Al-Ahram Weekly Annual Subscription: $50 Arab Countries, $100 Other. Subscribe Now!
--- Subscribe to Al-Ahram Weekly ---

© Copyright Al-Ahram Weekly. All rights reserved

Comment Recommend Batch view

Issue 659 Front Page
Egypt | Region | International | Economy | Focus | Opinion | Press review | Letters | Special | Culture | Living | Features | Heritage | Sports | Profile | Time Out | Chronicles | People | Cartoons | Crossword
Batch View | Current issue | Previous issue | Site map