Al-Ahram Weekly Online   2 - 8 September 2004
Issue No. 706
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Back to square one?
A suicide bombing in Beersheba overshadows Cairo's efforts to unify Palestinian ranks, and resume the peace process. Rasha Saad and Nevine Khalil report
Amateurs not allowed
A controversy is brewing over two amateur French archaeologists' request to explore Khufu's sepulchral chamber inside the Great Pyramid at Giza
Education system due for an overhaul
The government is prepared to partner with civil society and the private sector to overhaul Egypt's decrepit education system, reports Nevine Khalil from Alexandria
Four rights go wrong?
Frustrated Sudanese asylum seekers rioted last week in front of the UNHCR offices in Cairo. Gamal Nkrumah sounds them out
Solidarity fatigue
While Palestinian prisoners continue their hunger strike, Mona El-Nahhas finds Egyptian solidarity efforts feeble and half-hearted
Stuck in a limbo of torment
Gihan Shahine talks to families of Egyptian prisoners in Iraq, and listens to stories of extravagant torment
Setting the stage for 2005
Opposition parties are scrambling to unify their ranks before the ruling party's late September annual conference. Gamal Essam El-Din reports
Grenoble bound
Egyptologists from all over the world are heading to France to attend their ninth international congress. Nevine El-Aref previews the big event

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