Al-Ahram Weekly Online   12 - 18 October 2006
Issue No. 816
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Lessons from Beirut
Fear of Hizbullah's arms is the strongest bargaining chip the Arabs now have against Israel. It should not be wasted, writes Amin Howeidi
Hot topics in the tropics
Across South America, military dictatorship and police corruption has been challenged by civic democratic order. Gamil Mattar hears firs-thand how
Post-Lebanon regional roles
To keep an upper hand over Israel, the Arabs should back Iran against the US, writes Mustafa El-Labbad
The logic behind Rice's grin
In its struggle for the regional order it wants, the US is reaching new lows in its deceitful and disingenuous stance towards the Palestinians, writes Ramzy Baroud

Cartoon by Gomaa

Editorial:
Unity is the only option

Close up:
For the people
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
Arab happiness
By Osama Ali Maher

Dialogues of Naguib Mahfouz:
Literary obsessions
By Naguib Mahfouz


This week:
Kofi Annan

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