Al-Ahram Weekly Online   8 - 14 July 2010
Issue No. 1006
Region
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Biden under fire
The hothouse experiment in Middle East democracy is wilting on the vine, says Salah Hemeid
Iran embargoed
Despite new UN and US sanctions, Tehran is showing no signs of abandoning its nuclear programme, writes Rasha Saad
Turf the terrorists out
Regional powers in the Horn of Africa work towards alternative politics in Somalia, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Empty threats, lost hopes
With reconciliation efforts stalled and being linked to negotiations with Israel, ordinary Palestinians are sinking deeper into despair, writes Saleh Al-Naami
Becoming Israeli
Are we up to a one-state solution, asks Samir Ghattas
Death of a legend
Muslims worldwide this week mourned the loss of an icon of Islamic thought and jurisprudence. Omayma Abdel-Latif reflects on the lifelong struggle of Ayatollah Fadlullah
Out on a limb
Turkey's increasingly aggressive rhetoric against Israel could have unintended consequences, writes Gareth Jenkins in Istanbul
Searching for itself
As it takes firmer ground on the international stage, Turkey is still exploring the essence of what it wants its identity to be, writes Amani Maged in Istanbul
Bridge across the ocean
The Syrian president's tour of Latin America has international and Arab consequence, notes Bassel Oudat from Damascus

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