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

The age of Western decline
Europe should step out of the shadows and define an identity -- strategic and political, economic and cultural -- independent of Washington, writes Gamil Mattar
A US Lebanese narrative
What exactly is it that Lebanon's ruling clique seem hell bent on implementing, if not servitude to the US, asks Azmi Bishara
Looking east
Gulf and other Arab states should think seriously of striking a strategic alliance with Iran, writes Ayman El-Amir
Shifting Western views on Islam
Binary oppositions of moderate and radical Islam are being replaced by a pragmatic approach, writes Amr Hamzawy

Editorial:
Farcical charades

Close up:
At a crossroads
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
Slaves of globalisation
By Mahmoud Murad


This week:
Makram Mohamed Ahmed

Cartoon by Gomaa

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