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

A template for reform
The spirit and substance of Mubarak's guidelines for educational reform are readily transferable to other areas, writes Ibrahim Nafie
Manufacturing bugbears
The war on terror might be bogus, but modern great powers are adept at creating the conditions under which the patently false becomes horribly real, writes M Shahid Alam
Is Iran next?
The United States and Israel might want to turn on Iran next, but to do so would be rank folly, writes Ahmed Abdel-Ghani
Their dog-eat-dog world
The cabal that four years ago took over the White House brought with them a philosophy of power which ought to be consigned to the dustbin of history, writes Mazin Qumsiyeh
Survival against the odds
Samir Ghattas discusses the puzzling phenomenon of the consummate durability of Sharon, Peres and Arafat
Middle-class militancy
Arabs who support Al-Qaeda, according to a recent poll, are educated and apparently well off. This slant towards irrationality must be addressed, writes Emad Gad
Racism within the ranks
Zionism also trampled over Arab Jews, writes Yehudith Harel
Beyond global domination
The world's sole superpower should adopt a gentler approach to the world's problems. El-Sayed Amin Shalabi leafs through Zbigniew Brzezinski's The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership

Editorial:
Striking gold

Soapbox
Rediscovering citizenship
By AUTHOR

Eliminating terror
By Naguib Mahfouz


This week:
Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot

Cartoon by Gomaa

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