Al-Ahram Weekly Online   25 - 31 January 2007
Issue No. 829
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Time for national unity
Palestinian factions must balance high aspirations against practical exigencies, writes Ibrahim Nafie
The real origins of sectarianism
The region is dancing to the tune of destructive ideas whose prime beneficiaries are the United States and Israel, writes Hassan Nafaa
A new security paradigm
Before the region declines more into chaos, it is imperative that the Arab states rally and define their mutual security interests, writes Ayman El-Amir
In Focus: Not easy prey
US-Iranian tensions could escalate fast and bring catastrophe to the region, writes Galal Nassar
Iraq's new sectarian rulers
Iraq's occupation-vetted government has catapulted the country centuries into the past leading it to collapse, writes Amr Elchobaki
Emissaries of mass destruction
Israel's massive and indiscriminate use of cluster bombs in Lebanon is a war crime that must and will be prosecuted, writes Amr El-Bayoumi
Masking the facts
The Muslim Brotherhood played into the government's hands by attempting to dismiss the military style demonstration by students at Al-Azhar as an irrelevance, writes Amr Hamzawy

Editorial:
Take responsibility!

Close up:
Crippling corruption
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
If it ain't broke
By Nasser Amin

Dialogues of Naguib Mahfouz:
Censoring the censor
By Naguib Mahfouz


This week:
Orhan Pamuk

Cartoon by Gomaa

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