Al-Ahram Weekly Online   17 - 23 April 2008
Issue No. 893
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Play it low key
Dina Ezzat reports on the agenda of a limited Arab-American summit in the works
Judgement day
The Muslim Brotherhood's chief strategist and a number of the group's financiers received up to 10 years in prison, reports Sophia Ibrahim
Proud to win
Amid mixed reaction at home and abroad, the ruling National Democratic Party boasted winning more than 97 per cent of contested seats in municipal elections, Gamal Essam El-Din reports
'Our syndicate will not be hijacked'
Defending Islam does not mean forcing opinions on others, notes Gamal Nkrumah
Politics or security
Is the security apparatus being dragged into an essentially political debate, asks Magda El-Ghitany
Brotherhood blamed
Government and ruling party officials accuse the Muslim Brotherhood of organising last week's riots in Mahala, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
Love and resistance
Serene Assir attended Marcel Khalifa's concert in Cairo
Food for thought
Suddenly self-sufficiency in wheat production is a strategic goal. But wasn't it always, asks Mohamed El-Sayed
A safer life
The People's Assembly will soon vote on measures that seek not only to reduce the number of traffic violations and road accidents but prevent drivers from reaching for their horns, reports Reem Leila
Truckloads of trouble
Better traffic? It's because trucks are rarely on the road within city limits, reports Rehab Sayed Ahmed

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