Al-Ahram Weekly

11 - 17 August 2005
Issue No. 755
Opinion

Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Terrorists can find succour anywhere. All it takes is a measure of fanaticism and intolerance, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Iraq is a battleground for many things, including freedoms of life against mediaeval practices of political religion, writes Faleh Abdul-Jabar

When he's Israeli, of course, writes Azmi Bishara

Africa is the nub of UN reform as countries jostle for a seat on the Security Council, writes Nihal Fahmy

The public is all too familiar with broken promises. Will it be different this time, wonders Mohamed Nour Farahat

The appointment of John Bolton as US representative to the UN signals rocky times ahead, writes Hassan Nafaa

Throwing more money at scientific research will get us nowhere, writes Amin Howeidi

How critical is the standoff between the European Union and Tehran on the issue of Iran's nuclear capability, asks Mohamed Sid-Ahmed

Editorial:
Stop this mudslinging

Soapbox:
Demonstrative rights
By Hafez Abu Saada

Faith first
By Naguib Mahfouz