Al-Ahram Weekly Online   1 - 7 May 2008
Issue No. 895
Region
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

What's next, Abbas?
Spurned in Washington, can President Abbas defer any longer the imperative of re-establishing Palestinian national unity, asks Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah
Cedar jihadis
Does Al-Qaeda exist in Lebanon? In Beirut, Omayma Abdel-Latif seeks answers
Damascus ascendant
Turkish approaches to Damascus confirm that diplomatically Syria is the lynchpin of the region, writes Mustafa El-Labbad
A lose-lose game
Nuri Al-Maliki's bid to subdue Sadr's militia could spark a Shia-Shia civil war and increase Iran's influence in Iraq, writes Salah Hemeid
Failure to spruce up
Gamal Nkrumah highlights how hard it is out there in Sudan and Somalia
Cosmetic politics
The number of political parties in Jordan has been cut in half, but no change in Jordan's political scene is expected, Oula Farawati writes from Amman

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