Al-Ahram Weekly Online   1 - 7 December 2005
Issue No. 771
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

No exit near
The US is locked down in Iraq with only time left to tell which side of the equation, itself or the Iraqi resistance, will prevail, writes Ahmed Abdel-Halim
The truth you don't hear
The on-the-ground reality of Israel's moral bankruptcy in its genocidal policies towards the Palestinians remains as clear as ever, writes Mustafa Barghouti
Israel and Egypt's elections
Sharon's surprise departure from the Likud in Israel and the gains made by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt's parliamentary elections changed the landscape in both countries. Will this affect the relationship between them? Asks Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
Remarks on round two
Police violence mars the second round of elections, but judges airing off to the media didn't help matters either, writes Ibrahim Nafie
Mutual containment
The Muslim Brotherhood, far from adhering to defined principles, is a movement that employs political opportunism at will, writes Salah Eissa
In search of a new legitimacy
If parliamentary elections have proved anything it is that now is the time for change, writes Hassan Nafaa
Towards the renaissance
The Muslim Brotherhood's success in Egypt's parliamentary elections is based on its honesty, diligence and appeal as a mirror of Islamic heritage, writes Essam El-Erian
Battling with illusions
There is both less and more to the struggle between the NDP and the Muslim Brotherhood than meets the eye, writes Samir Morcos
The second windfall
As the price of oil rockets, pouring cash into the region, it is the private sector of business investment that should be bolstered, not monolithic state bureaucracies, writes Abdel-Moneim Said

Editorial:
The Brotherhood programme

Close up:
Ten years on
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
The quick and dirty
By Bahieddin Hassan

Hanna and Samih
By Naguib Mahfouz


This week:
Angela Merkel

Cartoon by Gomaa

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