Al-Ahram Weekly Online   28 May - 3 June 2009
Issue No. 949
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

President back to schedule
Ending a brief mourning period after the death of his grandson, President Hosni Mubarak this week resumed his duties. On Sunday he headed a high-level meeting at the presidential headquarters in Heliopolis...
Parliamentary speaker says no
Fathi Sorour has refused a second invitation to visit Israel, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
Changing profile
Reem Leila reports on the third of the polls conducted by the Cabinet Information and Decision Support Centre into women's role in society
From diplomacy to academia
AUC is launching a new school of public affairs and a prominent Egyptian diplomat is its founding dean, Dina Ezzat reports
To be continued
Hisham Talaat Mustafa has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder. But the case, says his lawyer, is not over yet. Shaden Shehab reports
Mission aborted
The Ministry of Interior links February's attack in Khan Al-Khalili to Al-Qaeda, reports Jailan Halawi
Profiteering from public property
So has the government been selling public land to its supporters at knockdown prices? Gamal Essam El-Din listens to a host of parliamentary accusations targeting NDP businessmen
Obama on campus
Venerable Cairo University is getting ready to welcome the US president when he speaks to the Muslim world. Nevine El-Aref reports on the extravagant makeover

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