Al-Ahram Weekly Online   16 - 22 August 2007
Issue No. 858
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Flying by the seat of our pants
Piecemeal management of crises will not lay the foundations for a stable and prosperous future, writes Gamil Mattar
Israel's big dilemma
In choosing permanent war over peace, Israel locked itself into a losing battle in the long-term, writes Amin Howeidi
In Focus: Priorities of conflict
Arab intellectuals must understand that the entirety of the Arab world is under attack, writes Galal Nassar
The one clear solution
A workable and just solution in Palestine is predicated on one principle, tested in South Africa: side with racism or be against, writes Azmi Bishara
A modest proposal
The Palestinians must jettison the false Fatah-Hamas divide and empower leaders that can save their aspirations from the abyss, writes Sharif Elmusa
Do we need an Arab Ataturk?
The contemporary Arab world resembles the Ottoman empire on the brink of its collapse, writes Mustafa El-Feki
Islamist lessons in Turkey
Flexible and focussed on policy, Turkey's front-running Islamist party is a beacon for others in the Arab world, writes Amr Hamzawy
The Riyadh challenge
Saudi leadership in the Arab world depends on forging a non-US based regional alliance, writes Ayman El-Amir

Editorial:
Iraq on the brink

Soapbox
Besieged citizenship
By Samir Morcos

Cartoon by Gomaa

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