Al-Ahram Weekly Online   21 - 27 April 2011
Issue No. 1044
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Blood on their hands
No surprise, but now official: former interior minister Habib El-Adli and ousted president Hosni Mubarak may eventually be implicated in the killing of protesters, reports Mohamed Abdel-Baky
Neither rosy nor grim
Egypt tries to keep the economy afloat until its engines kick off, writes Niveen Wahish in Washington
Egypt turns the page
After 33 years in power, the Supreme Administrative Court has ordered the dissolution of the former ruling National Democratic Party and the sequestration of its assets, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
Out of danger
The ordeal of Egyptians stranded in Misrata is over, reports Doaa El-Bey
Anger at the governor
Civil unrest in Qena demanding the sacking of the new governor raises questions over who calls the shots, reports Mona El-Nahhas
Revolution in search of a vision
Top officials of former Egyptian regime is in prison pending investigations and possible trials, but the revolution remains focussed on the past, writes Amira Howeidy
Who has what and how they got it
While the investigation into the vast wealth of ousted president Hosni Mubarak is in limbo because of his ill health, his two sons are being rigorously questioned over shady business dealings, Gamal Essam El-Din reports
Unhappy hours for Mubarak stalwarts
More officials from the ousted Mubarak regime are facing trial on corruption charges
The king's new clothes
The minister of state for antiquities affairs, Zahi Hawass, is fending off more attacks, and they are getting personal, reports Nevine El-Aref
Hard times
Ratna Sahay is deputy director of the Middle East and Central Asia department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She was in Egypt on the eve of the revolution as part of a regular Article IV mission, which had initially concluded that Egypt was well on its growth track. But ever since the revolution the economy has been under much strain. Sahay returned to Egypt last week on a fact-finding mission, in order to assess the extent of the damage. She talked to Niveen Wahish in Washington about the country's prospects in the short and medium term
Netanyahu's latest empty manoeuvre
Aiming to take the initiative out of Palestinian hands, Netanyahu is getting ready to table another faux peace plan, writes Khaled Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem
Gaza in shock
The brutal murder of an Italian activist in Gaza has rocked the Palestinian public, and the Gaza government, writes Saleh Al-Naami
On the way to a summit
A row over the forthcoming Arab summit has further polarised Iraqi politics and raised regional tensions, writes Salah Nasrawi
Stymied in stalemate
Unwilling to tolerate a ceasefire yet unprepared to fight a ground war, Western powers are stuck in a Libyan desert, writes Graham Usher
Let Libya be Libya
Gaddafi's revolutionary ideology is hallowing out in its traditional Tripolitanian strongholds. But signs of intriguing new life for his followers are springing up at its periphery, perceives Gamal Nkrumah
Which way ahead?
As high-level meetings took place across the globe on the Libyan crisis last week, the diplomatic activity has provided few clues as to how things will now unfold, writes David Tresilian in Paris
Toning down on Tehran
Washington is waging war on Iran but indirectly, notes Amani Maged
Not so 'new' cabinet
Dozens more Syrians died in demonstrations this past week, despite another appeal to the nation by the president and a cabinet shuffle, says Bassel Oudat in Damascus
The big guns
US, Saudi and GCC "mediation" is poised to bring Yemen's three months of angst to a close, says Nasser Arrabyee
An apocryphal approach
Nigeria's rites of passage from military dictatorship to democracy created a national consciousness that procures a Christian to preside over Muslims albeit not without birth pangs, postulates Gamal Nkrumah
Neocon knock
Arab uprisings at last give America's neocons a reality check, writes James Zogby
Fantasies of faith
God is Not One: Eight Rival Religions That Run the World and Why Their Differences Matter, Stephen Prothero, Harper Collins, New York, 2010
Bohemians of Broadway
Ati Metwaly on her most recent two hours of suffering
All in the mind?
As the euphoria of the revolution begins to fade, some people may be facing disenchantment as life gets back to normal, write Hanan Radwan and Shareef Alsayed
Shrinking the gap
Ahli struggle to chase after their arch-rivals Zamalek on top of the Egyptian national league table, reports Ahmed Morsy
Egypt

The burnt out headquarters of the former ruling National Democratic Party overlooking the Nile epitomises the end of an era, the symbol of authority afire...
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A political whodunit
By Nehad Selaiha

 

Reform and revolution
The entire modern history of Egypt is characterised by the to and fro between forces of political reform and forces of revolution that break free when reform fails, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
Shared traditions and religious tolerance
In Part II of this series, Jill Kamil traces the amity between Muslim and Christian under the Fatimids and Ayyubids
The bumpy path of revolution
The opposite of a police state is freedom and democracy for all. It is the only way forward, but getting it right may take practice, writes Ahmed Naguib Roushdy
Staying human: the legacy of Vittorio Arrigoni
Those who murdered Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni lost the humanity he spent his life defending, writes Ramzy Baroud
Is multi-culturalism dead in Europe?
The challenge to multi-culturalism in Europe, for some, is just Islamophobia by another name, writes El-Sayed Amin Shalabi
Salama A Salama:
Square tactics

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