Al-Ahram Weekly Online   14 - 20 July 2005
Issue No. 751
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Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Still in the game
Cairo is contemplating its response to the killing of its envoy in Baghdad and its next steps in Iraq. Dina Ezzat reports
Egypt in Iraq: time to reflect
Assem El-Kersh speaks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit about the killing of Egyptian diplomat Ehab El-Sherif and Egypt's role in Iraq
Tense ties for now
Does Egypt need to re-address its policy on Iraq? Dina Ezzat investigates
Ready, steady, go
The nomination process for September's presidential elections begins next week, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
Beyond the wall
Something is astir in Bilin -- mass Palestinian demonstrations based on non-violence and Israeli participation. Graham Usher reports from the West Bank village
The disturbance within
The crisis within Fatah is extending ever more to the Palestinian Authority, reports Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank
A controversial year
Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif's political and economic performance has inspired a mixed bag of reactions. Gamal Essam El-Din assesses a year at the helm
Antiquities wish list
Egypt has submitted a request to UNESCO asking that five of its most prominent historic treasures -- including the Rosetta Stone -- be returned. Nevine El-Aref reports
Trouble at Terminal 2
As Cairo International Airport's expansion project shifts into high gear, traffic woes and disorganisation seem to be the order of the day. Amirah Ibrahim reports
Syria's romance with Mahmoud Abbas
While Abu Mazen's Syria visit concentrated on the plight of Palestinian refugees, its real import was Damascus's diplomatic gain, writes Sami Moubayed
Repackaging the occupation
The unprecedented calls from within the United States for a withdrawal from Iraq must be magnified, writes Haytham Bahoora
The show goes on
The ghosts of Sudan's wars must be laid to rest with the triumphant return of former rebel John Garang to Khartoum, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Not in our name
Muslims in Britain brace themselves for more stringent anti-terror laws that will target their community, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif
Propaganda offensive
The aim of the internationally-sponsored Brussels conference on Iraq was to ascribe legitimacy to an illegitimate war, writes Jean Bricmont from Brussels
A unique intellect
Forty years after his death, Rania Khallaf reports, Mohamed Mandour -- critic, reformer, politician -- remains as contentious as ever
Israel

ISRAELI emergency services work at the scene of a suicide bomb attack which killed four and injured 90 outside a shopping mall in the city of Netanya...
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A belle restored
by Fatemah Farag

 

'Imperial America'
Is America inaugurating a new stage in its "imperial" future asks Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
Democracy, or a decoy?
Little more than smoke and mirrors marked Condoleezza Rice's recent public appearance in Cairo, writes Hassan Nafaa
Underlying forces
Nabil Abdel-Fattah explores the dynamics that led to the killing of an ambassador and the bombings in London, and which continue to haunt the future
Blaming everyone but the killers
The people responsible for the murder of Ihab El-Sherif are the people who killed him, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
Muslims and terror
by Salama A Salama

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