Al-Ahram Weekly Online   25 - 31 July 2012
Issue No. 1108
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Final scene in Syria
Learning from the region's other violent uprisings, it is perhaps time for the Arab League to step into the Syrian drama, with armed forces if need be, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
Reforming state-owned media
Awatef Abdel-Rahman offers practical suggestions on how to turn around the ignominious legacy of Egypt's government media
Beyond Bachmann
Sensationalist Islamophobe Michelle Bachmann has been rebuked, and not before time, but this alone is not enough, writes James Zogby
Will Egypt attain real democracy?
The path to real democracy is respect for law, and this starts from the top, writes Ahmad Naguib Roushdy
Power and possibility
As the global quest for power continues, pushing and pulling events, there may be emerging a new entity on the global stage: the revolutionary Arab nation, writes Mohsen Zahran
Government by law or ideology?
The Muslim Brotherhood faces a number of tests of its commitment to democracy and rule of law. Will it pass and prosper, or fail and fade, asks Azmi Ashour

Editorial:
Syrian vicious circle

Close up:
The ETUF debacle
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
Time to reconcile?
By Makram Mohamad Ahmad

Cartoon by Gomaa

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