Al-Ahram Weekly Online   13 - 19 September 2007
Issue No. 862
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Brotherhood scenarios
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, declaring again its desire to form a political party, faces no small number of dilemmas, writes Khalil El-Anani
Democratise or disintegrate
The failure of the Middle East democratisation project is not something to celebrate, even if outside forces championed it; it prefaces the disintegration of the Arab world, writes Bahey Eldin Hassan
In Focus: Some modesty, please
When lambasting Islam for alleged ties to terror, critics forget that one in five on the planet are Muslims and that Islam is a vast civilisation, writes Galal Nassar
Staking it all on Sudan
For the UN to wrest back its proper global role its intervention in Sudan must bring results, writes Mohamed Abul-Fadl
Democracy under siege
Until Arab regimes embody the people they purport to represent they will remain fearful of them, writes Ayman El-Amir
Another Bin Laden diversion
As Bin Laden conveniently invites all Americans to embrace Islam, thinks Ramzy Baroud , the real message of 11 September is lost: stop the war

Editorial:
The real culprit

Soapbox:
The Iranian show
By Gamal Salama


This week:
Luciano Pavarotti

Cartoon by Gomaa

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