Al-Ahram Weekly Online   29 January - 4 February 2009
Issue No. 932
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Gaza crisis lessons
Egypt, much under fire, emerged stronger from the crisis in Gaza, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
What the world needs is not Davos
While elites gather in Davos to bleat the same economic slogans, the rest of the world suffers the economic crisis they instigated and now propose to solve, writes Curtis Doebbler
Victims twice over
Once again, the Palestinians find themselves pawns of regional power struggles while brutalised by a barbaric Israel, writes Azmi Ashour
The new siege mechanism
Some within the pro-US Palestinian establishment, to Israel's manifest interest, are seeking to condition aid to Gaza on their reassertion of power in the coastal Strip, writes Nicola Nasser
Who wants rule by scholars?
Those who think that Iran's rising regional profile is no matter of concern are not looking closely enough, writes Galal Nassar
The message is clear
For Palestinians, so far, the new US president represents no change whatsoever, writes Ramzy Baroud

Editorial:
Obama's Middle East calculations

Close up:
Prosecute the crimes
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
Covering the war
By Awatef Abdel-Rahman


This week:
George Mitchell

Cartoon by Gomaa

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