Al-Ahram Weekly Online   28 June - 4 July 2012
Issue No. 1104
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Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Ways ahead
Mohamed Mursi faces a daunting path as Egypt's first democratically elected president, reports Dina Ezzat
Mursi's first government
The first freely elected president is in intensive negotiations ahead of naming a new cabinet, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
A judicious delay?
Mona El-Nahhas assesses the reputation of the judiciary following its supervision of the presidential vote
A victory for democracy
Doaa El-Bey assesses international reaction to the election of Mohamed Mursi
The Brothers take charge
After days of dramatic speculation, Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Mursi was named Egypt's new president, reports Reem Leila
Man of the moment
Mohamed Mursi, Egypt's first elected president, has yet to be deciphered, writes Dina Ezzat
MB vs SCAF
Round two is coming, writes Khalil El-Anani, and no one is sure of the rules
Shifting the goalposts
Gamal Essam El-Din reports on the continuing battle of wills between the Brotherhood and SCAF
Trepidation among the Copts
What do Egypt's Copts think of the new president, asks Nader Habib
Israel dismayed by Mursi victory
According to some Israeli strategic thinkers, "darkness" has descended with the victory of the Islamist current in Egypt's presidential race, writes Khaled Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem
A trajectory of future dilemmas
Ezzat Ibrahim reports from Washington on White House and State Department responses to Egypt's presidential election
Relief rally
A jittery upward swing characterised the market after Mohamed Mursi's presidential win, though many are still playing wait and see, Sherine Abdel-Razek reports
Tripoli's secret testimony
The postponement of Libya's election and the extradition from Tunisia of Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi is alarming foreign investors and the country's new rulers' old NATO sponsors, concludes Gamal Nkrumah
Putin's masked pleasantries
Mixed reactions characterise Vladimir Putin's visit to Israel-Palestine, with Palestinians tired of empty words and Russia's support for Bashar Al-Assad against the Syrian people, writes Khaled Amayreh in Bethlehem
Tel Aviv shocked by robust response
Israeli decision-makers are reportedly taken aback that Hamas responded this week with such force to its attacks on smaller Palestinian resistance groups, writes Saleh Al-Naami
Return of the ancien regime?
Controversy over the mandate of the country's constituent assembly and recent violence are threatening Tunisia's still-fragile stability, writes Asaad bin Ahmed in Tunis
Turkish fury over downed plane
Syria's recent downing of a Turkish plane could have multiple repercussions in the region, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid in Ankara
On the brink of civil war
Syria's revolution might turn into an ethnic and sectarian infighting -- to Al-Assad's benefit of course, writes Jamal Kanj
Losing control
As more and more soldiers defect from the regular army to join the rebels, the Syrian regime is starting to lose control over some areas of the country, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
United against the regime
Syria's Christians have sometimes been slow to join the uprising against the regime, owing to concerns about their position in the country in the years to come, writes Bassel Oudat
Identity T-shirts
Alkhamees is more than a brand name. As Nesmahar Sayed found out, it is the latest example of applied art
Beethoven strikes again
Ati Metwaly gives a mixed response
Viva la revolution
Sarah Eissa discovers a new way to support movements for change
Blogging in print
Angy Essam spotted a fresh publishing experience
Raising children at a critical time
As Egypt goes through a period of political and social change, what do children need in order to achieve integrated cultural growth, asks Abeya El-Bakry
Egypt

Excited crowds in Tahrir Square grab at a giant poster of the newly elected president, Mohamed Mursi. The revolutionary camp supported the Muslim Brotherhood candidate largely to prevent Ahmed Shafik -- Mubarak's last prime minister -- from coming to power...
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Super Supermarket
Rania Khallaf takes a tour of an adventurous art exhibition

Features:

'Yes, I can!'
By Angy Essam

 

The MB's relations with the US
On key issues the relationship between the ascendant Muslim Brotherhood and Washington is unclear, in part because the group itself is in a moment of transformation, writes Eman Ragab
Nader is right
While bigotry against Jews is impermissible in the United States, the same is not true for bigotry against Arabs, writes James Zogby
Don't neglect Lebanon's Palestinian refugees
The brewing crisis hovering over Lebanon's Palestinian community, subject since decades to systematic discrimination, could explode if ignored, writes Ramzy Baroud
The revolution is at stake
Having carried out blitz-like actions to consolidate its position, the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces should now surrender power to the new president, writes Ahmad Naguib Roushdy
Saving the Titanic
Though Egypt now has a freely elected president, the first of the second republic, it is not yet out of the dangerous waters into which it has ventured, writes Ayman El-Amir
Dreaming of the third current
Polarisation appears often to be the fate of democratic countries, to the cost of the middle ground, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
Salama A Salama:
Mubarak's legacy

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