Al-Ahram Weekly

16 - 22 December 2004
Issue No. 721
Opinion

Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Egypt's QIZ agreement should be viewed as part of a bigger picture, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Bush's CIA purge is probably the least of the surprises in store in his second term, writes Gamil Matar

New thinking? Amin Howeidy is hard pressed to find any evidence to support the NDPs new mantra

Can the two notions be reconciled, asks Mohamed Sid-Ahmed

So suddenly it's all rosy on the Palestinian track. Well, not quite, writes Azmi Bishara

The sudden thaw in Egypt's relations with Israel chills Hassan Nafaa

Ahmed El-Naggar sees no justice in the QIZ

Palestinian elections will mark the real crossing of the threshold into the post-Arafat era, writes Samir Ghattas

The Euro-Mediterranean partnership is making cultural dialogue central to its programme, writes El-Sayed Amin Shalabi

Editorial:
Seeing the light?

Close up
One less report
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox
The killing zone
by Samia Farid Shihata

A time for gifts
by Naguib Mahfouz

This week:
Victor Yushchenko