Al-Ahram Weekly Online   2 - 9 November 2005
Issue No. 767
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Reform without reformers
Is the influence of the NDP's pro-reform wing ebbing, asks Omayma Abdel-Latif
Too late for denials
A calm week in Muharram Bek does not necessarily mean the tension between Alexandria's Muslims and Copts is over. Mustafa El-Menshawy reports
Cairo flies to Beijing again
EgyptAir is claiming to have put together a better formula for its previously aborted China route, reports Amirah Ibrahim
The business of taking over politics
Magnates versus tycoons, and businessmen versus politicians: Gamal Essam El-Din looks at the key money-based races in the forthcoming parliamentary elections
A willing contestant
What are the chances of a Coptic woman winning against the ruling party and 10 men in the working class district of Shubra? Mona Makram Ebeid tells Fatemah Farag that whatever the odds, it is worth the try
Very little for small fish
The nation's smallest parties will probably sink even deeper into oblivion after the parliamentary polls are over, reports Mustafa El-Menshawy
Taking their chance
Mohamed Habib, deputy supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, talks to Amira Howeidy about the group's parliamentary elections tactics
Cracks in the façade
ow much unity is there in the United National Front for Change, asks Fatemah Farag
Sharm fence, sharp controversy
Is the fence being built around the popular Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh meant to keep the Bedouins out? Amirah Ibrahim talks to officials, tourism insiders, and local residents about the barrier's potentially positive and negative impact

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