Al-Ahram Weekly Online   12 - 18 August 2004
Issue No. 703
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Twenty days in limbo
Last week's closure of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza did more than strand thousands of Palestinians. It reinforced the humiliation regularly perpetrated on them by Israel, reports Reem Nafie from Rafah
Obituary: Farewell, Agony Uncle
Abdel-Wahab Motawie (1940-2004)
Airlift into a sea of suffering
Although the Egyptian military has dispatched several plane loads of humanitarian relief aid to Darfur, the people there need and expect much more. Amira Ibrahim reports
It could happen to you
The president of the International Center for Journalists, on her first visit to Egypt, tells Fatemah Farag that a free and professional press can make a difference in today's world
In the public eye
Is the Shatby Hospital controversy really over? Fatemah Farag investigates
Cinema case unresolved
A Cairo court rejected a case against the controversial movie Baheb El-Cima, referring it to a specialised court instead. Yasmine El-Rashidi reports
A Roman love story
Three important mosaics at Alexandria's Graeco-Roman Museum have been restored and put on display, reports Nevine El-Aref

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