Al-Ahram Weekly Online   20 - 26 March 2008
Issue No. 889
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Inaction challenged
Calls increase for Egypt and Israel to act promptly to end the Gaza crisis, Dina Ezzat reports
Lighthouse on the Mediterranean
The new Arish National Museum was opened last Sunday by Mrs Suzanne Mubarak. Nevine El-Aref reports on the event and its significance
Beyond the glass ceiling
Women are still locked out of key leading posts. Reem Leila reports on initiatives to buck the trend
Heads in the sand
The knee-jerk rejection of any criticism of Egypt's human rights record is misguided, writes Doaa El-Bey
Old guard in uproar
Long-term party loyalists have been excluded from the NDP's list of official candidates in the municipal elections, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
Doctors' days
Hala Sakr asks if differences of opinion over the legality of the proposed strike by doctors will destroy their united front as they press for better wages and conditions
Campus pressure
An appeal has been launched to help Cairo University acquire a 30,000 square metre piece of land next to its Giza campus that will otherwise be sold to investors seeking to develop a residential and commercial complex, reports Reem Leila

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