Al-Ahram Weekly Online   13 - 19 January 2011
Issue No. 1031
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Thoughts on Sudan
States are lining up to take advantage of the partition of Sudan. Egypt cannot ignore what is happening and must take a role, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
Who attacked the Coptic Church?
Everyone wants to know who perpetrated the Alexandria bombing, but the nature of extremist Islamist cells makes it difficult to know who ordered it, writes Ammar Ali Hassan
This nation's fragmented soul
Rampant religious bigotry on all sides and a state preoccupied with political survival is the crucial context that allowed the Alexandria terrorist attack to happen, writes Khalil El-Anani
Selective self-determination
While the US is leading the fanfare on the partition of Sudan in the name of the right to self-determination, it continues to block the same right for Palestinians, writes Ayman El-Amir
The Arabs and Sudan
Many are the structural factors that led the Arabs to neglect Sudan. The question now is whether the Arabs have anything to contribute on the issue at all, writes Mohamed Anis Salem
Palestinian statehood: quality as well as quantity
More states recognise the state of Palestine than an independent Kosovo, but while the latter is unquestioned by the Western media, the former is deemed an aspiration, writes John Whitbeck

Editorial:
Unity in diversity

Close up:
Outside bias
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
Mahfouz and the women's cage
By Azza Heikal


This week:
Mariam Fikri Nashed

Cartoon by Gomaa

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