Al-Ahram Weekly Online   25 June - 1 July 2009
Issue No. 953
Region
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Date line: #IranElection
Have Twitter and social media been co-opted to replace a more conventional attack on Iran, asks Amira Howeidy
Roc and a hard place
Iran's revolution continues to fascinate and surprise the world, Mustafa El-Labbad reports
A nation divided
Alireza Doostdar provides insight into the schism that threatens to break apart Iranian society
Let's get a move on
Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Aziz Duweik, just released from an Israeli detention centre, has called for "immediate reconciliation" between Fatah and Hamas, saying the rift between the two factions was inflicting incalculable damage on the Palestinian national cause. Khaled Amayreh talked to Duweik in Ramallah
Pushing forward gently
Javier Solana, high representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and secretary-general of both the Council of the European Union and the Western European Union, speaks to Ahmed Sabry about the peace process, Iran and cooperation with Egypt
Cat and mouse
Hamas astuteness means it's no longer clear who's chasing who, argues Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah
Back to square one
Israel's obsession with nuclear weapons reveals just how ephemeral the Zionist project is, discovers Saleh Al-Naami
Troops out, anarchy in?
Uncertainty looms large in Iraq, writes Salah Hemeid
The calm after the storms
In Beirut Omayma Abdel-Latif meets Hizbullah's second most powerful official to gauge his reactions to recent developments both in Lebanon and Iran
Shaky sheikh
Despite external condemnation for the Islamists' assassination of Somalia's security minister, the heinous act has failed to banish the world's lingering doubts about the efficacy of the Somali government, writes Gamal Nkrumah

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