Al-Ahram Weekly Online   22 - 28 September 2011
Issue No. 1065
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

No need for the Caliphate
Egypt should not be copying Iran or Turkey but rather rediscovering the principles of civil government its forefathers laid down, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
Egypt's revolution: what went wrong?
The coming together of Egypt's youth, army and masses brought about the 25 January Revolution, but this partnership may now be unravelling, writes Ahmed El-Tonsi
Heikal: Time for the autobiography
We know so little about the personal life of a man through whose eyes so many Arabs have read their contemporary history, writes
Mahmoud Murad
Collision course with Arab opinion
The likely veto the US will cast on a Palestinian state at the UN will only turn Arab opinion further against Washington and its policies, writes James Zogby
'An important irritant'
The attack on the Mavi Marmara was downplayed with these words in the shameful Palmer Report, writes Jeremy Salt from Ankara
Another symbolic victory
The bid for UN recognition is a ploy to avoid a Palestinian Arab Spring and endangers the rights of Palestinians abroad, warns Ramzy Baroud
A throwback to tyranny?
What signal is the restoration of emergency law in Egypt supposed to send, asks Azmi Ashour
Post-9/11 international changes
While the attacks of 11 September 2001 galvanised the world against a new enemy, terrorism, it also united old adversaries and redrew the outlines of world order, writes Amin Shalabi /p>

Editorial:
Bold bid

Close up:
A Turkish offering
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
How about the ego of others?
By Samir Sobhi


This week:
Khaled Gamal Abdel-Nasser

Cartoon by Gomaa

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