Al-Ahram Weekly Online   16 - 22 April 2009
Issue No. 943
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Concord to bicker
The contrast between the Arab Summit in Doha and the G20 and NATO meetings in Europe could not have been more dispiriting, writes Assem El-Kersh
Caught in the middle
With peace now off the Israeli agenda, the best thing for the Arabs is to put their house in order and construct an alliance of the global South, writes Hassan Nafaa
Above ground, and below
Abdel-Moneim Said examines the complex web of threats to Egypt's national security
Obama's European odyssey
With great aplomb, the new US president took large steps in Europe towards rebuilding relations sullied by the Bush administration, writes James Zogby
The Turkish joker
Ankara appears key to new US foreign policy under Obama, writes Mustafa El-Labbad
Who's afraid of the Durban Review?
Even on such egregious subjects as racism, there are always some who defend the intolerable, writes Curtis Doebbler

Editorial:
Money not the root of all evil

Close up:
Gullible others
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
Talking to Iran
By Abdallah El-Ashaal


This week:
Hassan Nasrallah

Cartoon by Gomaa

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