Al-Ahram Weekly Online   30 December 2004 - 5 January 2005
Issue No. 723
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Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875
Dramatic shifts
Its not just Ramses who is on the move. In 2004 the political climate seemed to finally respond to global warming, writes Amira Howeidy
The reform buzz
There were plenty of surprises on the domestic scene in 2004. Did it make a difference? Al-Ahram Weekly takes stock
Full-steam ahead on economic reform
A year in culture
by Youssef Rakha
Bright spots... bleak stretches
Nehad Selaiha surveys the 2004 theatrical scene, finding the brightest spots on the fringe
Of clowns and bigots
Scanning the local multiplexes and news of Egyptian filmmakers, Mohamed El-Assyouti brings the cinematic year to an abrupt close
A year in books
Highlights of the year's publications, compiled by Amina Elbendary and Mahmoud El-Wardani

 

Egyptology Galore
From the Mediterranean bed to Kom Al-Dikka, from Akhmim to Sinai, from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo to Basle and Germany and from auction halls in Europe and America to Egypt, there were several exciting archaeological events to highlight this outstanding year. Nevine El-Aref reviews the past 12 busy months
Rich for the rich
Dina Ezzat goes in search of the well-to-do Cairene's sweetmeat of choice
Big bucks, big labels
Money talks in the Arabic music world, now more than ever. Serene Assir reports on the virtual monopoly of production and distribution
Good vibrations
Hip hop on the Nile
Fighting to be heard
Applause in Athens...
Five Olympic medals helped offset a miserable bid to host the World Cup. Abeer Anwar and Mohamed El-Sayed review respectively the good and the bad of the 2004 sports year
...but zilch in Zurich
India Swept away
The biggest tsunamis in over a hundred years have left tens of thousands dead in South Asia -- and the worst may yet to come, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Special Supplement: Year of the beast
Into the heart of darkness
Hani Shukrallah reflects on a year when the clash of civilisations seemed a self-fulfilling prophecy
Assault on heritage
The condition of Iraq's cultural hertiage remains critical, writes David Tresilian from Paris
Butchery by any other name
Sleek, hugely expensive and state of the art; they reek of death all the same. Ahmed Abdel-Halim looks at WMBs, or weapons of massive brutality
Weapons of mass financial destruction
Economic violence can be just as vicious as the world's most devastating armoury, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Brain-wake
Tarek Atia rails against the moral ambiguities in today's violence-saturated media
A year of blood
Few will regret the passing of 2004, writes Ibrahim Nafie
The civilisation paradigm
How true are the theories that societies, religions and civilisations are doomed to clash? asks Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
Fallen by the wayside
The world has changed since the UN was founded, and the international organisation has not kept up, writes Hassan Nafaa
Political locomotive
Whatever the spin, the QIZ agreement is politically motivated, writes Amin Howeidy
Bridling the fantasies
Editorial
Farewell Arafat
Travel supplement
Travel supplement

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