Al-Ahram Weekly Online   29 July - 4 August 2010
Issue No. 1009
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Finding an African voice
African unity is the best protection the leaders of the continent can provide for its many millions in need, writes Curtis Doebbler
From Boston on Palestine
Amid the numerous solutions proposed and discussed on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, few note the default solution: managing the worst of what is intractable, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
Revolution in dreams and reality
While it can be faulted, as with all social upheavals, the 1952 Revolution in Egypt advanced values the Egyptian people continue to revere and uphold, writes Salah Eissa
...and the yearning for democracy
Different yet linked, Egypt's 1919 and 1952 revolutions were successes that failed to produce democracy. This lacuna must be now filled, writes Wahid Abdel-Meguid
I understand Shirley Sherrod
Attacked by political opportunists and denied a voice: Shirley Sherrod's recent treatment mimics that of too many Arab Americans, writes James Zogby

Editorial:
Remains of the day

Close up:
Egypt in Afghanistan?
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
Egyptian women revolution
By Azza Heikal


This week:
Anas El-Fiqi

Cartoon by Gomaa

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