Al-Ahram Weekly Online   27 January - 2 February 2005
Issue No. 727
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Continental shifts
Next week's African Union Summit could mark a turning point for the continent, writes Ibrahim Nafie
America's Jihad
Hassan Nafaa examines the chilling rhetoric of George W Bush's inaugural speech
On democracy
An issue standing at the forefront of Egypt's political life at this juncture is democracy. How to tackle this difficult topic, asks Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
A last best hope
A nuclear Iran, argues Ayman El-Amir , is not such a bad thing
Armed struggle: a context
Discerning the successes and failures of the Palestinian armed struggle requires a dispassionate analysis of background, writes Samir Ghattas
Eating the heart
Palm trees in Egypt could soon be a thing of the past. Yet, writes Nader Fergani , nothing is being done to combat the pest that is destroying them

Cartoon by Gomaa

Editorial:
Winning the peace

Close up:
Inaugural messages
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
Watered-down involvement
By Nabil Abdel-Fattah

Navigating Babel
By Naguib Mahfouz


This week:
Iyad Allawi

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