Al-Ahram Weekly Online   9 - 15 February 2006
Issue No. 781
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Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Elusive culprit -- again
Magda El-Ghitany reports from Safaga on the murky investigation into the sinking of the ferry boat in which almost 1000 Egyptians lost their lives
Waves of anger and loss
In Safaga, Mohamed El-Sayed and Magda El-Ghitany witness the tragic ramifications of the sinking of Al-Salam Boccaccio 98
Drawing the line
Danish Prime Minister Andres Fogh Rasmussen was sounded out on the Danish cartoon controversy in an interview by Al-Ahram Weekly Editor-in-Chief Assem El-Kersh
From Damascus to Kandahar
Global anti-Danish protests take on a darker tone, Serene Assir writes
Cause and effect
Will the death of almost 1,000 passengers in the Red Sea ferry disaster break the cycle of negligence and corruption? Probably not, writes Shaden Shehab
When noble verdicts are not enough
The former Malaysian prime minister was the presiding judge in a mock trial of Bush, Blair and Sharon. Gamal Nkrumah covered the not so normal proceedings
Old guard surrounded
The NDP's influential Policy Secretariat and its Chairman Gamal Mubarak are back in the limelight after a high-level ruling party reshuffle. Gamal Essam El-Din reports
Double standards
Danish law prohibits hate speech, so why isn't it being invoked, asks Firas Al-Atraqchi
Prophetic misreading
To depict the most revered figure in Islam as a terrorist is to fan the flames of religious hatred, writes Anjali Kamat
A new Iraq in the making
The breakdown of the results of Iraq's recent parliamentary elections shows the entrenchment of sectarian lines, writes Nazem Abdel Wahed Al-Jasur
This is not according to law
While almost assured to be referred to the Security Council for punitive measures, Iran still has right on its side, writes Mustafa El-Labbad
Lost in the great divide?
As it prepares to launch its international channel Al-Jazeera is once again making the news, reports Amira Howeidy from Doha
No stick and carrot
In North Sinai's Al-Arish, Gamal Essam El-Din speaks with US Ambassador to Egypt Francis Ricciardone about the current crisis in American-Egyptian relations
A question of ethics
Awlad Haritna should be published in Egypt, writes Sayed El-Bahrawi
An amorous monotheism
For the ignorant it might seem otherwise, writes Gamal Nkrumah, but there is plenty of room in Islam for love
Egypt

AS AN EGYPTIAN naval frigate scours the tranquil waters of the Red Sea on Monday on its way to search for bodies and survivors, family members of those who were aboard the Al-Salam 98 ferry can only watch and wait for word on their loved ones
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Who's behind Iraq's kidnaps?
By Firas Al-Atraqchi

 

Problem or solution?
Hamas, writes Hassan Nafaa , could well turn out to be the latter
Back to basics
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed asks whether "inventing" a way out of the Middle East quagmire is still possible
Hamas and the conditions of funding
Joseph Massad writes on the implications of the Hamas funding dilemma
Grapes of wrath
by Salama A Salama


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