Al-Ahram Weekly

23 - 29 August 2007
Issue No. 859
Region

Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

The sun is setting on the much-touted autumn peace conference, says Khaled Amayreh

Recent name-calling between Syria and Saudi Arabia is rubbing salt in worsening wounds, writes Sherine Bahaa

Somali protagonists raise the stakes over the country's political future, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Battered by his failure, Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki's insistence on clinging to power is a puzzle, writes Salah Hemeid

Becoming president is the easy part -- the real difficulties still lie ahead, says Gareth Jenkins

The "new" coalition government in Iraq looks the same, only more sectarian, suggests Nermeen Al-Mufti