Al-Ahram Weekly Online   19 - 25 January 2006
Issue No. 778
Region
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Selling the message
The main political movements in Palestine take to the streets and vamp up their image ahead of national elections, reports Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank
The non-secular solution
Hamas is working hard to consolidate its hold on Gaza, traditionally the base of the Islamist resistance movement, reports Erica Silverman from Gaza City
Playing by the rules
As Palestinians go to the polls Hamas projects propriety and Fatah disarray, writes Graham Usher in Nablus
Only doubt is dependable
The fate of both the trial of Saddam Hussein and the so-called political process is shrouded in uncertainty in Iraq, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif
The choice has been made
Mustafa El-Labbad analyses the context of a time of reckoning for Iran while Emad Mekay catalogues efforts of Washington's right-wing lobbyists and think tanks to prepare the way for war
Groundhog day in Washington
Mustafa El-Labbad analyses the context of a time of reckoning for Iran while Emad Mekay catalogues efforts of Washington's right-wing lobbyists and think tanks to prepare the way for war
Falling fig leaf
Politicians' claims of goodwill and faith in a united Lebanon are increasingly ringing hollow, writes Hicham Safieddine
Tug of war
Despite Arab mediation, Lebanese powerplayers dig in their heels deeper into the dispute, argues Nicolas Nassif
Khartoum's bare knuckle
On the eve of the African summit hosted by Sudan, Khartoum comes under intense international pressure to put its house in order, writes Gamal Nkrumah

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