Al-Ahram Weekly Online   31 March - 6 April 2005
Issue No. 736
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Opposition snipes at government
Unemployment, democratisation -- the government's getting it all wrong, says the opposition. And the alternatives? Well, they are far less obvious, as expected, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
Back with a bang
Al-Destour newspaper is back after being banned for seven years. Mona El-Nahhas sifts through its pages and interviews its chief editor
Subject to smears
The Al-Ghad Party chairman is determined to contest the presidential elections despite his forthcoming trial
The shape of things to come
By taking their case for political reform to the street the Muslim Brotherhood are helping to reshape the politics of dissent, reports Omayma Abdel-Latif
Not this time
Gamal Mubarak excludes himself from the presidential elections
It starts at home
An international anti-war conference in Cairo ended this week with a call for domestic reform. Gihan Shahine reports
Greener pastures
The Al-Azhar Park has risen through the Cairo smog 20 years after being given the green light, Nevine El-Aref reports
La dolce vita
A group of 50 Egyptians were deported this week from Italy after failing to enter the country illegally, reports Amirah Ibrahim

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