Al-Ahram Weekly Online   11 - 17 March 2004
Issue No. 681
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Between us
An agenda of reform presumes open ears all round, including openness to outside suggestions, though the true impetus must always emanate from within, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Clash of politics
Civilisations may differ, but their differences are benign, even positive. Current conflicts, writes Mustafa El-Feki, are about politics not civilisations

President Kerry?
Many issues will arise in this year's US presidential elections. John Kerry may harmonise American political currents, writes Nabil Mikhail

A new Berlin Wall?
Is Sharon's security fence a new Berlin Wall, asks Mohamed Sid-Ahmed

Clerical credentials
In times of political uncertainty, clerics take central stage. Not always usefully, writes Azmi Bishara

Two states, too little, too late
In attempting to take it all by force, successive Israeli governments killed the two-state solution, leaving only the principled, just, democratic and counter-Zionist one-state solution left, writes Haim Bresheeth

Lies, damned lies and deadly lies
At best negligence, at worst fraudulence: the case for international legal redress against the persons and governments of Tony Blair and George W Bush is strong, writes Curtis Doebbler

Tunis, paralysis, success?
This month's Arab summit in Tunis is the last chance for habitually impotent Arab governments to stand united in addressing the challenges facing all Arab peoples, writes Hassan Nafaa

Brotherly gesture?
The cold shoulder presented to the Muslim Brotherhood following its proposals for national political reform is not helpful, writes Amr Elchoubaki

Editorial:
Freedom has no nationality

Close up
From within
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox
Women's rights are human rights
By Safaa Zaki Murad

Literature and heritage
By Naguib Mahfouz


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