Al-Ahram Weekly Online   24 January - 2 February 2011
Issue No. 1036
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

A post-revolutionary roadmap
For Egypt's great revolution to be sustained certain practicalities have to be addressed, writes Mohsen Zahran
The army is back
Now is not the first time that the army has ruled Egypt, writes Salah Eissa
Egyptian uprising in Israeli eyes
Seraj Assi muses on the strange twists of logic that characterise Israeli fears of genuine democracy
The end of change from abroad
The great Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions, and the disasters in Iraq and Afghanistan, show change cannot be forced from outside, but can only come from inside, writes Azmi Ashour
National consensus candidate needed
Historical experience shows that massive social transformations can be hard to navigate successfully. To help that process along, Egypt needs an interim president, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
Is there a school for tyrants?
Falling dictators in the region follow the same brutish tactics as if the outcome will be different when it comes to their turn, writes Nader Fergany
The change we still need
While Washington publicly lauds democracy and rights, in relation to the Arab world the same old biases live on, writes James Zogby
Echoes of Tahrir Square
Across the region, Western powers are finding their narrow-minded alliances with autocratic regimes challenged, writes Ayman El-Amir
See you in September
Yet another of the Palestinian Authority's meaningless deadlines, irks Ramzy Baroud
Washington, Al-Qaeda and the Arab revolt
The US must choose who to support: the Arab people or Al-Qaeda, says Shahid Alam
Democracy US-style
Egypt's pro-democracy movement was greeted in Washington by scheming and second-guessing, observes James Petras
Businessmen at the stake
National cohesion requires greater corporate social responsibility, asserts Osama El-Meligui

Close up:
Winds of change
By Salama A Salama


This week:
Tarek El-Beshri

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