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		Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 7 -13 December 2000 Issue No.511
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Blowing in the wind
Early elections or a national unity government? As debate rages in Israel the real choice, writes Graham Usher from Jerusalem, is between war and peace

Iftar under fire
Observing Ramadan in Palestine this year is an act of will and even resistance. Khaled Amayreh reports from the West Bank and Jerusalem

The other casualty
The first Intifada in 1987 brought Palestinian nationalists and the Israeli peace movement into contact. The Al-Aqsa Intifada has simultaneously driven them apart and brought them closer. Graham Usher talks to activists from both sides

Waning expectations
What can the Clinton administration offer to revive the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks? Not much, suggest diplomats who spoke to Hoda Tawfik in New York

Opinion:

New assembly, new start
Ibrahim Nafie

The tragedy deepens
Edward Said

Beyond the Intifada? (2)
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed

The end of the age of prophecy?
Hani Shukrallah

One last chance?
How does Egypt see the future of the peace process? Dina Ezzat searches for an answer

Wielding the oil weapon
The crisis between Iraq and the United States is shifting from the political battle of wills and the military confrontation to the oil market, writes Salah Hemeid

The complete archive of the
Special pages commemorating
50 years of Arab dispossession
since the creation of the State of Israel

Gamal Abdel-Nasser
Photo Gallery

Mahmoud Salem:
Managing creativity
Profile by
Fayza Hassan

Business as usual
By Fayza Hassan

What a coincidence!
Injy El-Kashef abandons herself to fate

Egypt:

Shura elections under judicial supervision
The government has decided that next April's Shura Council mid-term elections, like the recent parliamentary elections, be placed under full judicial supervision. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Who done it -- this time?
Was the recent bank robbery in Upper Egypt the work of extremists, or just a highly organised band of criminals? Jailan Halawi sifts through the evidence

Mean streets
Why does an annual rainfall -- a paltry one at that -- always come as a surprise? Rehab Saad reports on the seasonal havoc

Economy:

The Court of Cassation's recent ruling on the sales tax has instigated what could conceivably border on civil disobedience on the part of importers.
A taxing situation
By Aziza Sami

Food purchases for Ramadan imply the stretching of household budgets and a boon for retailers -- or at least for some. Mona El Fiqqi goes behind the scenes to explore the changes in how food is sold in Egypt while Eman Youssef shops around for good buys
Days of the big fish
Ramadan bourse

A new boost for privatisation
As the government gears up for the next round of privatisations, Gamal Essam El-Din looks at what is on offer

International:

Desperate measures
He was certain the White House was his, but Al Gore's rendezvous with destiny is still on hold, writes Mohamed Hakki from Washington

Keeping the populace entertained
The US election saga is competing with the soaps on prime time TV, writes Ervin Hladnik-Milharcic from New York

Special: The people of the cave Fayza Hassan contemplates from afar the remains of a retreat whose dwellers have vanished	Culture: Smothering Nehad Selaiha sees a bleak vision of motherhood at the Townhouse Gallery
	Introducing Mr Night-Light David Blake on JS Bach, the 250th anniversary of whose death is currently being marked, and on last week's performance of his Christmas Oratorio Disposable dinosaurs By Nigel Ryan

Entertainment:
Riddle me this If you noticed something missing from your post-iftar tube-fix, you're probably the only one. Injy El-Kashef remembers the glory days of fawazir Ramadan	An all-inclusive guide to goings on around Cairo

Travel:

Al-Quseir reborn
A crucial port in ancient times, the coastal town of Al-Quseir has gone from a sleepy mining town to a budding Red Sea resort. Ahmed Sami tests the waters

Provincial attraction
Warm, cheap, and only a few hours away by train, the Upper Egyptian city of Minya isn't the first place one would think of for a winter holiday. But with the season of migration to the south upon us, Fatemah Farag headed for something a little less orthodox

Sports:

Mini-achievements
Spain and Egypt raised a few eyebrows at the futsal World Cup, reports Nashwa Abdel-Tawab

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