Al-Ahram Weekly Online   24 - 30 January 2008
Issue No. 881
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Dark clouds pass
As the furore provoked by European criticism of Egypt's human rights record subsides, it is time, writes Dina Ezzat, to engage in more measured dialogue
NDP up in arms
The spat between Egypt and the European Parliament provoked mixed reactions in the People's Assembly, writes Gamal Essam El-Din
'Too true to be refuted'
Is the reaction to the European Parliament's resolution criticising Egypt's human rights record a case of protesting too much, asks Gihan Shahine
Memories of 1977
Do public protests about the increased cost of basic commodities have overtones of the bread riots more than three decades ago, asks Mohamed El-Sayed
Footless, if not quite fancy free
Graeco-Roman mummies, painted wooden sarcophagi, jewellery and papyri have been unearthed in Deir Al-Banat necropolis in Fayoum, reports Nevine El-Aref
Water fall
The future looks bleak if Egypt does not implement an efficient policy to manage its water resources, reports Rehab Sayed Ahmed

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