Al-Ahram Weekly Online   17 - 23 March 2011
Issue No. 1039
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Deliver democracy
Hillary Clinton congratulated the Egyptians on their revolution but asked them to build on it, reports Doaa El-Bey
NDP's battle of the camel
The image of Egypt's former ruling party was further discredited after two of its MPs were arrested on charges of masterminding the now infamous camel battle against Tahrir protesters, Gamal Essam El-Din reports
The race is on, almost
Dina Ezzat investigates who is most likely to be the next president
Crescent criss-crossed
Confessional conflict across the country scars the 25 January Revolution as authorities rally to assuage Coptic fears and anger, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Money for freedom
Business tycoons in the ruling party of the ousted president Hosni Mubarak are willing to pay LE4 billion in exchange for dropping corruption charges levelled against them, Gamal Essam El-Din reports
Good cop, bad cop
Policemen are said to be back on the streets but Nesmahar Sayed discovered that drug dealers and thugs are still out there, too
Air attack
Civil aviation is being shaken by growing protests, complaints of corruption and a drop in revenues, reports Amirah Ibrahim
Workers now independent
Government domination of workers' unions has officially ended, reports Mohamed Abdel-Baky
Less studying
To make up for lost time, the curriculum in schools has been reduced, reports Reem Leila
Models for an Islamist political party
As the Muslim Brotherhood prepares to enter the political process openly and in an above-board manner, its leadership might consider three models for an Islamist political party, writes Hossam Tammam
Three decades on
After 30 years in jail for their involvement in the assassination of Anwar El-Sadat, the El-Zomor cousins are out and want to form a political party, reports Mona El-Nahhas
Clamping down on corruption
A great leap forward has been taken against corruption, but now Egypt needs a robust system of watchdogs to prevent it from resurfacing, writes Mohamed Hafez
Their eyes on the future
The young people that played such a prominent role in Egypt's revolution are now forming groups and coalitions to ensure that the revolution's demands continue to be met, writes Sarah Eissa
Politics as a vocation
The Egyptian revolution is leading to new civic attitudes among the country's young people in the wake of the leading role they played in the recent demonstrations, says Andalib Fahmy

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