Al-Ahram Weekly Online   21 - 27 December 2006
Issue No. 825
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Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Gaza awaits its dawn
Egyptian mediation may signal a way out of the current Palestinian crisis, writes Khaled Amayreh from West Bank
Nice words
Maliki bleats national reconciliation but with few showing up to listen, he preached to the choir, reports Nermeen Al-Mufti from Baghdad
The missing Arab factor in Lebanon
The Lebanese desperately need Arab countries to play a greater role in their present troubles if they ever want peace and stability, writes Talal Salman
Blair returns empty-handed
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's failure to achieve any progress in his tour of the Middle East was hardly unexpected, writes Doaa El-Bey
Rendered faithless and stateless
The Supreme Administrative Court's ruling intensifies the fight for Baha'i Egyptian citizenship rights, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Divided they stand
While Kifaya celebrated its second anniversary recently, internal splits could spell the beginning of its demise, writes Mohamed El-Sayed
Unmasked condemnation
A military style parade by Al-Azhar students shocked both politicians and the public, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
On the edge of despair
If civil war is not to engulf Lebanon, something must be done, and soon, writes Paul Salem
Futile speech
Abbas threatens unconstitutional intervention as inter-factional rivalry reaches one step from open warfare, writes Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank
Inter-factional endgame
Armed clashes between Fatah and Hamas forces broke out in Gaza and Ramallah as Abbas called for dissolving the Hamas government, reports Erica Silverman
Ahmadinejad's first black eye
In the latest electoral confrontation in Iran an alliance between moderates and reformists cornered the conservatives, writes Rasha Saad
Theatre degree zero
Nehad Selaiha is at a loss how to describe Nisaa' Al-Sa'adaa (Women of Bliss) at Al-Salam Theatre
Excluded and invisible
Why, asks Amira El-Noshokaty, are numerous Egyptian children living on the streets?
Third in the world
A 2-1 triumph over Mexico's Club America saw Ahli capture a historic third-place finish at the World Club Championship in Japan. Inas Mazhar reports
Egypt

CAIRO WELCOMES AL-AHLI: Thousands of Egyptians took to the streets Tuesday to welcom Al-Ahli football team upon their arrival from Japan where they captured third place in the World Club Championship.
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Ways of denial
By Azmi Bishara

 

Living:

Mall dashing
By Gamal Nkrumah

 

Between the lines
Hassan Nafaa finds more than one sub-text in the Baker-Hamilton report
Countdown on Damascus
Foreign pressures continue to bear down on Syria, though Damascus knows that geopolitical regional balances are on its side, writes Emad Fawzi El-Shueibi
Israel's immoral 'right to exist'
What is really being asked of the Palestinians is that they concede they are subhuman and thus deserve the horror to which they have been subject, writes John V Whitbeck
It's simple apartheid
Just as the US and Europe once opposed apartheid in South Africa, Israel's discrimination against Palestinians must be similarly exposed and dismantled, writes Jamil Dakwar

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