Al-Ahram Weekly Online   22 - 28 June 2006
Issue No. 800
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

State of exception
Israel operates above law and in contempt of morality because massive US support has rendered it an exception to all international norms, writes Ibrahim Nafie
'Itching for a fight'
Zarqawi may be dead, but public information in America is in worse shape, writes Mohamed Hakki
Expulsion is racist
Threats against four prominent Jerusalemite Palestinian activists are but prelude to what the state of Israel has in mind for the entirety of the occupied city, writes Gabriela Becker
The death of Zarqawi
The elimination under US fire of the head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq gives Amin Howeidi pause to reflect on the motives and methods of two seemingly opposed forces
In focus: The two faces of barbarism
Despite all their talk about countering terror and exalting democracy, Israel and America license the most brutal acts, and with no apologies, writes Galal Nassar

Cartoon by Gomaa

Editorial:
No exit

Close up:
Lethal code
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
Blame FIFA
By Essam Abdel-Moneim

Dialogues of Naguib Mahfouz:
Spanish echoes
By Naguib Mahfouz


This week:
Ronaldinho

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