Al-Ahram Weekly Online   22 - 28 November 2007
Issue No. 872
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Arabs march to Annapolis
The tone of the much-vaunted upcoming Arab-Israeli peace meeting is turning perceptively positive, inexplicably, writes Dina Ezzat
Brothers versus Sorour
Last week's meeting of the People's Assembly hinted at a bad-tempered winter parliamentary session, writes Gamal Essam El-Din
Building pipe dreams?
Affordable housing for all is at the core of the government's National Housing Project. But Reem Leila finds out this is not necessarily picture perfect
Bidding violence farewell
Jihad leader Sayed Emam's revised ideology throws down the gauntlet to Al-Qaeda, offering an alternative jurisprudence to that justifying violence, writes Jailan Halawi
Professors review their options
University teachers have decided to escalate their protests, warning that the current policy threatens to render higher education meaningless, writes Mona El-Nahhas
Pursuit of parity
Property tax collectors are pushing for equal pay with tax workers employed by the Ministry of Finance, report Serene Assir and Esraa Sobhy
Face off over veil
For health, security and safety reasons, nurses wearing the niqab could soon be forced to show their faces or be dismissed. Reem Leila investigates

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