Al-Ahram Weekly Online   25 - 31 August 2005
Issue No. 757
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Spoils of war
UNESCO must help recover the looted heritage of Iraq, writes Ibrahim Nafie
Deconstructing disengagement
Despite the smokescreen of his face-off with Gaza's settlers, Sharon has not changed course from his war on the Palestinians, argues Azmi Bishara
The perils of keeping peace
The first rule of any peace-keeping force is neutrality, writes Amin Howeidi
Gaza hysteria
A duped Palestinian leadership merrily applauded the self-serving media show staged by Israel in Gaza, writes Ghada Karmi
Beyond the elections
It is not the presidential but parliamentary elections that could act as the engine for reform, predicts Hassan Nafaa
Why didn't the Indians do it?
Unlike the Arab-Islamic world, other colonised peoples have reacted to oppression by looking forward, not backward, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
On Egypt's presidential elections
As the presidential campaign is set into motion. Mohamed Sid-Ahmed asks: Where to?
Region under the microscope
Hassan Abu Taleb celebrates 20 years of The Arab Strategic Report

Editorial:
Crocodile tears

Soapbox:
Monitoring the monitors
By Amr El-Choubaki

Democratic credentials
By Naguib Mahfouz


This week:
Pope Benedict XVI

Cartoon by Gomaa

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