Al-Ahram Weekly Online   5 - 11 July 2012
Issue No. 1105
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Mursi's first messages
Dina Ezzat reports on the first week in office for Egypt's new president
Commentary: The bipolarity of politics
Although a MB-SCAF confrontation is possible, a compromise between the onetime partners is more likely, opines Ziad Akl
System building
With just two months to go the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution has yet to decide on whether Egypt should adopt a presidential or parliamentary system, or a mixture of the two, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
Third way takes the stage
The formation of a new third current in Egypt's political life is giving hope to the country's secularists, reports Mona El-Nahhas
Leaving the square
Protesters end two weeks of demonstrations in Tahrir, reports Mohamed Abdel-Baky
Pressing the press
Journalists are living a current crisis with the Shura Council. They fear the new criteria for choosing editors-in-chief of different publications would Islamise the country's press, Reem Leila reports
Trading insults
The war of words between the Muslim Brotherhood and Dubai police chief Dahi Khalfan is likely to continue, writes Doaa El-Bey
Rising water: a necessary evil?
Can the new pumping system on the Giza Plateau help reduce damage to the Sphinx caused by leaking subterranean water? Nevine El-Aref looks at this, and what caused the high water level

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