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

New wine skins
Obama has promised a "responsible withdrawal of troops" from Iraq but stakes could be high if he has no coherent strategy, writes Salah Hemeid
Door of hope
Mustafa El-Labbad looks at the possibility of a significant change in relations between Washington and Tehran
Enchanted by Obama
Following years of tensions with the US, Damascus is relieved to see that a new administration is now in office, Bassel Oudat writes from Damascus
Adjusting to disaster
Saleh Al-Naami gives a few examples of the viciousness of the Israeli occupation forces
Reconstruction or redrawing the political map?
Factional and other intrigues stand in the way of Gaza's recovery, assesses Saleh Al-Naami
Jingoism all the way
As elections near, Israel is swinging to the right, the only question being how far, writes Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah

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