Al-Ahram Weekly Online   21 - 27 August 2008
Issue No. 911
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Open letter to President Obama
Change we can believe in is needed as much at the international level as at the US national level, writes Hassan Nafaa
The Arabs and Obama
With Obama fully assimilated into the American machine, and with Arab disunity as stark as ever, the region shouldn't expect change any time soon, writes Azmi Bishara
The candidates divide
Over Georgia, the world has seen a glimpse of what the next US presidency would be like under McCain or under Obama, writes James Zogby
The Saakashvili experiment
The Georgian war on South Ossetia was a leap forward in US attempts to control the Eurasian region by proxy, writes Ramzy Baroud
Does Tehran know what's up?
Its leaders try not to flinch, but a few more steps will make certain a potentially devastating military strike on Iran, writes Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Editorial:
Blazing lessons

Soapbox:
Urban chaos
By Mohsen Zahran


This week:
Hisham Misbah

Cartoon by Gomaa

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