Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
20 - 26 May 1999
Issue No. 430
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Index of issues This week's issue

Ibrahim Nafie
Ibrahim Nafie:
A sure pilot in rough waters

Sid Ahmed
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed:
Beware the first of January

Bahaaeddin
Celebrating Ahmed Bahaaeddin's memory


Birds of a feather?
Barak with Sharon, or Beilin?
Whether Barak's election success is good or bad for the Palestinians depends as much on the coalition he forms as on the "red lines" he espouses. Graham Usher reports from an old-new Israel

Red lines dampen hope
Cautious optimism in the Arab world has been tempered by warnings that if Netanyahu is a vulture, Barak is a hawk

What is victory?
There can be no resolution to the Kosovo crisis without the consent of Moscow and Beijing, writes Hoda Tawfik in Washington

News from Namibia
Apartheid's bitter legacy still haunts Namibia's indigenous African majority. Yet President Sam Nujoma remains upbeat. While on a visit to Cairo he spoke to Gamal Nkrumah


NGO bill 'satisfies' MPs
MPs were generally satisfied with the draft law that is designed to replace a highly restrictive legislation that dates back to 1964. Gamal Essam El-Din reports
... but provokes NGO wrath
Disbelief, anger and disappointment best describe the reactions of many NGOs to the draft bill. Mariz Tadros gauges reactions
Internet or bust
The benefits of E-commerce are many, but to savour them, Egyptian businesses must place themselves on the Worldwide Web. Niveen Wahish reports

Watch for IT
COMDEX Egypt '99, the international trade show for business computing, the Internet, and telecommunications took place in Cairo last week. Muriel Allen and Shaimaa Labib attended


Joffrey Ballet

 

Where have
all the flowers gone?

Gone to Joffrey, everyone, sings David Blake

 
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