Al-Ahram Weekly

		28 October - 3 November 2004 Issue No. 714 Opinion	Current issue Previous issue Site map
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

As US presidential contestants race to the finish line the world looks on with bated breath, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Speech that offends is speech that needs to be protected, argues Ismail Serageldin

When will the facts undermine the Bush administration's self-proclaimed certainties, asks Mehran Kamrava

Turning 80 this week, Anouar Abdel-Malek reviews the lessons contained in his experience of more than half a century

Travel, unfortunately, seldom broadens the mind, writes Hussein Ahmed Amin

What will happen if, on the morning of 3 November, neither Bush nor Kerry is elected president of the United States? asks Mohamed Sid-Ahmed

Azmi Bishara examines the contradictions at the heart of attempts to steamroll an Israeli constitution

Ahmed Abdel-Halim examines spurious, and other, links in the chain

Editorial:
The central issue

Close up
The devil you know
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox
Dark screens
By AUTHOR

After Frankfurt
By Naguib Mahfouz

This week:
Zeine Al-Abidine Ben Ali