Al-Ahram Weekly Online   27 January - 2 February 2011
Issue No. 1033
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Washington has a choice in Tunisia
The US policy of excluding moderate Islamists while propping up autocratic dictatorships has failed, writes Nicola Nasser
Silence the fanatics
While everyone is to blame, not just the government, for letting sectarian hatred fester in Egypt, now everyone must act to end it, writes Amr Hamzawy
What next?
Egyptian planners should not get het up about developments in Tunisia, but should stick to the path of reform and development calmly undertaken, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
Double standards on the Tunisian uprising
After years of supporting the regime of Zein Al-Abidine Bin Ali, the West's belated support for the Tunisian uprising smacks of double standards, says Mohamed El-Mokhtar Sidi Haiba
Reflections on the Jasmine Revolution
Perhaps above all, it was the failure of the Tunisian regime to engage and inspire the youth that led to its downfall, writes James Zogby
New generation revolution
In Tunisia and across the Arab world what is happening is a clash between the youth and its dreams and ossified, stagnant elites, writes Azmi Ashour
Listening to the Arab street
Change has finally come to the Middle East; the big powers will ignore it at their peril, writes Aijaz Zaka Syed
A roadmap to justice
In the wake of US failures to bring peace to the Middle East, there is a need for new ideas and for a new commitment to justice, says William Cook
Israeli racism: from textbooks to death camps?
Studies have consistently shown that Israeli school textbooks denigrate and dehumanise Arabs, sowing the seeds of hatred and violence, writes Stephen Lendman

Editorial:
Testing times

Close up:
A Tunisian debacle
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
The rise and fall of empires
By Samir Sobhi


This week:
Magdi Yacoub

Cartoon by Gomaa

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