Al-Ahram Weekly Online   15 - 21 February 2007
Issue No. 832
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

What about interest rates?
To address Egypt's economic woes, the government should reward saving or make taking out loans more viable, writes Ibrahim Nafie
In place of appeasement
It is not among the duties of resistance movements to court popularity from outside powers, writes Azmi Bishara
Guarding the box
There is much talk about elections procedure in the country, but the greatest achievement would be to address how elections can be bought before they are even called, writes Amin Howeidi
Splitting Sudan
Egypt and the Arab world have not understood the telltale signs that litter the road to secession for South Sudan, writes Abdullah Al-Ashaal
Expecting Mecca
The entire next phase of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict rides on the durability and honesty of the agreement struck in Saudi Arabia between Hamas and Fatah, writes Ramzy Baroud
Announcing Arab civil society
If courageous media is absent, and if civil society organisations don't take media seriously, the society will not be able to protect the weak, writes Awatef Abdel-Rahman
Hizbullah's two republics
With traditional nationalism on the wane, Hizbullah appears well-placed to take a few cues from the body of political theory and philosophy, writes Mohamed Ben Jelloun

Editorial:
Something's got to give

Close up:
Another mistake
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
Workers at the crossroads
By Howaida Roman


This week:
Salah Taher

Cartoon by Gomaa

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