Issue No. 838
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Purple fingers, black bands
With 34 constitutional amendments approved in Monday's referendum the stage is set for yet more legislative battles, reports Gamal Essam El-Din Taking the initiative
In Riyadh for the Arab summit, Dina Ezzat finds Arab delegates all but obsessed with one issue: the Arab peace initiative Israel rejects peace
Israeli intransigence, in the face of international law and public opinion, dashes hopes for a settlement, of the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict, writes Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank On the campaign trail
The ruling NDP mobilised members in the face of opposition calls to boycott Monday's referendum, reports Gamal Essam El-Din 'What constitution?'
Shaden Shehab examines what really went on on referendum day  Otherwise unremarkable
On referendum day the opposition despite its numerical minority, was highly vocal and visible in its denunciation of the constitutional amendments, reports Fatemah Farag Up in flames
Despite government promises, victims of the Qalaat Al-Kabash blaze continue to live under dire conditions. Reem Leila walks through the debris Ducks fly home
After an absence of almost three decades, two duck-shaped alabaster food boxes from the Middle Kingdom wend their way home to Egypt this week, writes Nevine El-Aref  Refugees or angry citizens
Iraqis should engage the exploding crisis of the refugees, writes Mundher Al-Adhami Security Council caves in to US pressure
Security Council members were unable to resist tremendous US pressure and unanimously adopted a new resolution imposing stricter sanctions against Iran, Khaled Dawoud reports from the United Nations More steel duties
Steps are being taken to help the steel market in Egypt adjust, Sherine Nasr reports Drop in the ocean
The outlook for water sufficiency in the Arab world appears grim. Ahmed Geweily is in search of brighter prospects  Where past is present
Gamal Nkrumah reflects on the coincidence of two radically different commemorations -- 200 years of the abolishment of the slave trade and the golden anniversary of the European Union 'No more music in this town'
Six years after the Taliban was removed from Kabul, Talibanisation is reviving -- in Pakistan, writes Graham Usher in Lakki Marwat Impression rouge
In Helmi El-Touni's most recent work, Rania Khallaf encounters the stark contradictions of present-day life in Egypt The glory and the fire
Taking her cue from the 38th anniversary of its demise, Salonaz Sami seeks out memories of Cairo's original Opera House Struggling forward
Walking Cairo is difficult enough for people with two legs but, as Hadeel Al-Shalchi finds out, those with special needs have learned to overcome the obstacles Prospects of entitlement
Sara Abou Bakr finds speaking to women harder and harder |
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Thumbs up with the colour purple seemed to appear the most potent symbol of voters who went to the polls to give their voice in the referendum over Egypt's constitutional amendments. In a vastly different scene, university students raised black flags and wielded bands of the same colour around their arms, in protest...  Initiative versus principle
By Azmi Bishara
 Damascus must soon choose
By Mustafa El-Labbad
An eastern triangle
While some charge that Egypt has conceded its regional role, indicators point to the opposite conclusion, writes Anouar Abdel-Malek Grounded in Canada
Putting names on "no-fly" watch lists is not the way to protect liberty and combat terror, writes Faisal Kutty Salama A Salama: My people!
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