Al-Ahram Weekly Online   28 July - 3 August 2005
Issue No. 753
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Beyond justificati
Apologists of terror do more harm than good, writes Ibrahim Nafie
Searching for justice
The concluding session of the World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI) recently held in Istanbul was an exercise in articulating the principles of international law, writes Khaled Fahmy
Deepening contradictions in the Middle East
As Egypt's presidential and parliamentary election campaigns were poised to begin, the country was suddenly faced with the deadliest terrorist incident in its history. Mohamed Sid-Ahmed comments
Why the killing?
A culture of alienation is growing in the Muslim world, one fed by those who claim to be the defenders of Islam, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
Manipulating terror
Condemning terrorism is not enough. Its cause must be identified and fought, writes Hassan Nafaa
Identity and democracy
Azmi Bishara delves into the use and abuse of Arab, as adjective and identity
Anything but altruistic
In prioritising stability the Middle East has compromised the very thing it seeks to protect, argues Mustafa El-Feki
Was it Al-Qaeda?
In investigations of the Sharm El-Sheikh attacks, the spectre of Al-Qaeda may be a bogeyman concealing the real culprits, writes Diaa Rashwan
Look below the surface
Egypt has failed to take a holistic approach to security and terrorism, standing blind before the social and behavioural roots of radical Islam, writes Nabil Abdel-Fattah

Editorial:
Roar of the new world disorder

Close up:
Tributaries of terror
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
The paradoxes of reform
By Amr El-Choubaki

A hideous crime
By Naguib Mahfouz


This week:
Gamal Abdel-Nasser

Cartoon by Gomaa

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