Al-Ahram Weekly Online   8 - 14 May 2008
Issue No. 896
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Bittersweet medicine

Sherine Nasr and Sherine Abdel-Razek assess measures to fund the 30 per cent public sector pay increase

Striking contrast

The proposed strike of 4 May failed, but with government announcements of prices going up, many wish now it hadn't, Dina Ezzat and Dena Rashed report

Surprise tactics

The NDP and government close ranks to head off growing criticism as bread shortages continue, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Behind the smokescreen

Israel's belief that it has cornered Palestinian factions into agreeing to a truce whatever the cost is misguided, writes Saleh Al-Na'ami from Gaza

Life after Guantanamo
Gamal Nkrumah traces the triumph of human dignity embodied by the struggle of a Sudanese cameraman's affliction

Forward momentum

The new traffic law, which the government hoped would end chaos on Egypt's roads, has been delayed, reports Reem Leila

Water war

Egypt's precious Nile water is wanted by outsiders

Only with Damietta's consent
The suggestion that kickbacks were paid to secure approval for the construction of a controversial fertiliser plant in Damietta opens a can of worms, reports Mohamed El-Sayed
Blasted backlash
Gamal Nkrumah feels the pulse of Egyptian intellectuals and clerics in the aftermath of a spate of Western artistic outpourings criticising Islam and denigrating the Prophet Mohamed
Cause for celebration
Crowds gather in the Cairo district of Zeitoun to mark the 40th anniversary of the appearance of the Virgin Mary, reports Sherine Nasr
'We are not merchandise'
Workers at Al-Nasr plant refuse to be "sold" to Orascom, reports Faiza Rady
m o r e

Slow death everywhere

Israel's continued siege is taking Gaza back to the Stone Age, reports Saleh Al-Naami

Signs of rapprochement

Leaders within Fatah are waking up to the dangers of the present course charted by Abbas, writes Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank

Declaration of war?

With the Arab summit over, Lebanon appears faced with a choice between stifling political inaction and open street conflict, Lucy Fielder reports from Beirut

Walking a tightrope

Despite the recent US-Iranian tensions over Iraq, Nuri Al-Maliki has proven to be a smart tactician, writes Saif Nasrawi

No end in sight

Four years on, there is no sign of an end to Yemen's rebellion, reports Nasser Arrabyee from Sanaa  

A case of split infinitives
On 22 April 2008, Hillary Clinton, candidate for the Democratic Party nomination in the upcoming US presidential elections, threatened "to totally obliterate" the Iranian people, fully demonstrating the bankruptcy of her campaign, writes Hamid Dabashi
Impossible judicial crisis
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said Pakistan's deposed judges will be restored on 12 May -- they won't be, writes Graham Usher in Islamabad

Making space for Egypt's actors?

A decision to limit the roles played by Arab actors in Egyptian-made films has created havoc in the industry, reports Rania Khallaf

Cairo listings
Palestine

LAST MINUTE FILL UP: Motorists rushed to refuel before new prices kicked in at gas stations
photo: Khaled El-Fiqi
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A case of split infinitives By Hamid Dabashi
The death of grand poetry?
By Mona Anis
Culture:

Of merits and demerits

By Hani Mustafa
A champion of Arab film
By David Tresilian

Encounter:

Alim and Fergana Qasimov:

The Master and his Pearl

By Serene Assir

Travel Supplement


Press review

Selective data, wrong lessons

Omitted from the latest US State Department report o terrorism is that the Bush administration has fuelled it, writes Ramzy Baroud  

Media contrasts

Whereas Arab media enjoys limited freedom as journalists struggle for more, US media freedoms are guaranteed but no one uses them, writes James Zogby  

A credible peace process

Resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will not be possible without bringing Hamas onboard, plain and simple, writes Mohammed Herzallah

Some subtlety please

An obsequious press does more harm than good to the president and country, writes Galal Nassar

Salama A Salama:

Our own Guantanamo


President Mubarak

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