From the archives:
The full coverage of the 1995 elections
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Oil price dilemma
The stranglehold speculators enjoy in determining the price of crude must be broken, argues Ibrahim Nawwar
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Elections 2000
 The leftist Tagammu was the first opposition party to issue its platform and list of candidates for the forthcoming parliamentary elections. In the second installment of Al-Ahram Weekly's survey of the poll's main political contenders, Fatemah Farag looks at the changing fortunes, and agenda, of the left in an age of economic liberalisation
Down to earth with few grassroots
'Opposition is not about loud voices'
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Leviathan revisited
"Towards a new social contract" was the theme of a three-day Social Development Conference that closed on Tuesday. Mariz Tadros examines the basic elements of the government's perspective and explores experts' response
Development milestones
Dream dropouts
Officials at the conference expressed a desire for improved educational services but no plan of action was drawn up
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Physician heal thyself?
Egyptian analysts, while commenting favourably on certain "positive" aspects of this year's US report on religious freedom in Egypt, continued to question the whole premise of America's self-appointed role as a guardian of religious minorities, reports Omayma Abdel-Latif
Last call
As parliamentary hopefuls march down to the Interior Ministry to register their candidacies, squabbling continues over who should run the show, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
Clouds surrounding crash mystery clearing
An American writer has offered a detailed explanation for last October's crash of EgyptAir Flight 990 off the eastern coast of the United States, in which 217 people were killed. Thomas Gorguissian reports from New York
Private sector in the limelight
While the government offered little new at this year's Euromoney conference, the private sector announced a wide range of initiatives. Sherine Abdel-Razek attended
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Recollections of horror
As Palestinian refugees commemorated the 18th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacres, there were renewed calls for a lasting memorial to the victims. Ranwa Yehia reports from Beirut
Smoke, but no fire
 Last week's veritable witch hunt by the Israeli media against Israel's Palestinian minority may turn out to be costly for Ehud Barak. Graham Usher reports from a simmering Um Al-Fahm
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Southern scars
After the joy of liberation, residents of south Lebanon now say their state will have to do much more to regain their confidence, reports Zeina Khodr from Beirut
No more Mister Nice Guy
 As Philippine forces go on the offensive against Muslim extremists in the south, Western sceptics see Libya behind more than hostage releases, writes Gamal Nkrumah
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 Second best
Youssef Rakha considers the controversy surrounding the Alexandria Film Festival, Egypt's second largest cinematic event
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Writers meeting readers
 A recent study has revealed Al-Ahram Weekly, which celebrates its 500th-issue anniversary this week, to be the most widely read English-language newspaper nationwide. So what attracts the readers? Gihan Shahine sifts through facts and figures
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The city vanquished
Special supplement
Fair play
FOR OVER two hours yesterday, President Hosni Mubarak met with the National Democratic Party's (NDP) politburo and general secretariat to discuss the upcoming parliamentary elections --read on--
Barak's bluff
ISRAEL scrambled yesterday to renew peace talks with the Palestinians, reversing an announcement of a "time-out" only hours earlier --read on--
Cleopatra 2000
THE NAVIES of Egypt, Italy, France and Germany have deployed 12 naval units off Egypt's northern coast in joint manoeuvres, code-named "Cleopatra 2000," reports Amira Ibrahim from Alexandria
Calling made easy
Amira Howeidy reports on Egypt's first electronic telephone directory
Metamorphoses of a mosque
The Ministry of Culture has announced a new plan to restore the mosque of Al-Zahir Baybars. Amina Elbendary looks into the monument's curious history
Who won what
Olympic medals are going to the expected and the not so expected
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