Al-Ahram Weekly Online   16 - 22 February 2011
Issue No. 1085
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Escalating crisis
Diplomacy and threats fail to resolve tensions between Egypt and the US over pro-democracy NGOs, reports Doaa El-Bey
Washington-Cairo crossroad
Military linkage still forms the cornerstone for US-Egyptian relations, reports Ezzat Ibrahim from Washington
Under siege
NGO foreign funding case further sours US-Egyptian relations, reports Mohamed Abdel-Baky
Missing answers
Is the ruling military council addressing public discontent or seeking distractions, wonders Amirah Ibrahim
A strike against the strike
Calls for a general strike and civil disobedience have thus far not found an echo among the general public, writes Mona El-Nahhas
Students in action
The planned general strike appealed most to school and university students, reports Reem Leila
Parliamentary backbiting
The parliamentary debate over the Port Said football massacre turned into an exchange of insults between liberal and Islamist deputies, writes Gamal Essam El-Din
As opaque as ever
Does the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party really want to head a coalition government, asks Amani Maged
The Old Nick
Egypt's glasnost is in full swing. Gamal Nkrumah looks at the flood of words from Heikal, Egypt's legendary political commentator
Above the knees
The shooting of a TV series in Ain Shams University was halted after the actresses wore what was described as indecent attire, Reem Leila reports
Break in Sinai
The ruling military council is now ready to listen to the demands of the Bedouins, Amirah Ibrahim reports
The Pharaoh of satire
Galal Amer, one of the Arab world's most intellectual, sarcastic and cynical writers, died on Sunday at the age of 60 from a heart attack...

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