Al-Ahram Weekly Online   19 - 25 May 2011
Issue No. 1048
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Regimes against people
People do not rise against repressive regimes in order to be martyrs; they rise because they refuse that their lives be destroyed by regimes that oppose the people, writes Ayman El-Amir
Egyptian revolution reconsidered
Without deep change in society itself, its values and modes of behaviour, the Egyptian revolution will remain but half a revolution, writes Khalil El-Anani
But can the UN be trusted?
The resilience of the Palestinians puts the Battle of Britain in the shade and deserves recognition -- especially by the UN, marvels Stuart Littlewood in London
The aftermath of Bin Laden
It is not the killing of one man that counts, but the extent to which his dream will live on after his death, and that might be harder to quash, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
Egypt's Nile Valley policy: setbacks and opportunities
Policy-makers under the Mubarak regime failed to win the trust of the Nile Valley countries, but Egypt today is in a position to lend a hand to its southern neighbours, says Ali Soliman
Unity is not compromise
Ramzy Baroud considers what is necessary to move towards a successful joint Palestinian strategy
Obama must not sideline Israeli-Palestinian peace
Obama waxing lyrical about Bin Laden and the Arab Spring while ignoring Palestine would be a mistake, writes James Zogby

Editorial:
We need a civic state now

Close up:
Stick and carrot
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
Women -- Muslims and Copts
By Vivian Fouad


This week:
Nabil El-Arabi

Cartoon by Gomaa

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