Al-Ahram Weekly Online   29 January - 4 February 2004
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The gradual approach
The speed of democratisation must be determined by the maturity of all the players in the process, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Judicial alternatives
Abdallah El-Ashaal examines the likely course of the trial of Saddam Hussein

The last address?
The America of our dreams may be a chimera, but give us at least an America we can speak with. Hassan Nafaa votes Democrat

The WEF, the WSF and the Third World
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed believes Egypt should be present at the two forums debating global developments: the World Economic Forum in Davos and the World Social Forum in Mumbai

From Oslo to Geneva
Noha Khallaf examines the gobbledegook on which both are based

Heavenly pursuits
Two cultures are looking towards heaven, albeit in different ways. And the worst, says Abdel-Moneim Said, is yet to come

Cartoon by Gomaa

Editorial:
Lebanonising Iraq
Sectarianism is rearing its head once again in Iraq, further complicating what was already a wretched situation...

Close up
High expectations
The establishing of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has ushered in a new era for freedoms and human rights in Egypt...
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox
Electoral entanglements
It is ironic that even as it calls on Middle Eastern countries to democratise, the US now frowns upon the prospect of democratic elections in Iraq...
By El-Sayed Eleiwa

A nose for revolution
I don't know anything about economics, so I am in no position to comment on whether a complete revolution in our economic life would help or hinder...
By Naguib Mahfouz


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