Al-Ahram Weekly Online
9 - 15 August 2001
Issue No.546
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The importance of 'long-term'
The market has welcomed the latest devaluation of the pound. But according to economists, more needs to be done. Aziza Sami reports

Dealing with 'gangsters'
As Israel steps up its 'targeted assassinations,' Egypt has rejected the idea of an Arab summit, much to the Palestinians' dismay, in favour of trying to convince the US and Europe to save the day. Tarek Atia reports


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OPEN PAGEOpinion
Nader Fergany:
Of life and national dignity 		Nader Fergany
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed:
Deconstructing the peace process 		Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
Hani Shukrallah:
Intellectual inferiority		 Hani Shukrallah
Nabil Shaath:
Pleading an Arab cause		 Nabil Shaath

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Chill out!
Currencies fall, economies stumble. Confusion besets our politics, and politics besets us with confusion. Violence and bad news confront us daily. Even nature protests: devious gases heat the earth, scientists warn as the by-products of our material prosperity threaten the ozone layer. So in all the sound and fury, it is a comfort to know that in the middle of a global heat-wave that may or may not be an omen of climatic catastrophe, in Upper Michigan they can abandon worry, laugh at concern, kick back -- and chill out! --click for a bigger image--

OPEN PAGEEgypt

Religious or political?
Despite subdued expressions of anger over Israeli atrocities, public support for the Palestinian cause has never been stronger, analysts tell Omayma Abdel-Latif

Split loyalties
Independent MPs have introduced bills to bar 'uneducated' citizens and those with 'dual-nationality' from running in general elections. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

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Imploding Palestinian Authority
PalestineIsrael's assassinations policy is lethal not only for the lives it takes, but for the ramifications it is having on Palestinian society. Graham Usher reports from Gaza

A new Middle East state in the making?
It is ten years since Iraq's northern provinces threw off the yoke of Saddam Hussein to become the Western protected enclave of 'liberated' Kurdistan. Of all the unfinished business of the Gulf War, writes David Hirst from Northern Iraq, this could be its most important legacy

OPEN PAGEEconomy

Between a rock and a hard place
A six per cent devaluation of the pound is the latest measure taken by the government to try to revive the flagging economy. Sherine Abdel-Razek reviews Egypt's economic fundamentals

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Reading between the brackets
The Western world does not view Israeli actions against the Palestinians as a form of racism. Dina Ezzat reports on preparations for a UN conference against racism

Jumping into the game
The US throws its weight around southeast Asian politics by pulling Indonesia into its strategic orbit. In Canberra, Scott Burchill and Damien Kingsbury map the changes ahead
Sami Sharaf
Sami Sharaf:
Shadows of the revolution
Profile by Gamal Nkrumah Pot Pourri
The only face of Eve
By Fayza Hassan Restaurant review
Divine intervention
Injy El-Kashef hears it off the grapevine

OPEN PAGECulture
Books
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The sovereign genre
On the tenth anniversary of the death of Egypt's Chekhov, Youssef Idris, "master of the Arabic short story" remains his most popular adjunct. Below, samples of the writer's work demonstrate his narrative prowess, while, speaking to Youssef Rakha, the usual suspects illuminate aspects of his achievement
LISTINGS
>i< An all-inclusive guide to goings on around Cairo >i<

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Ticket to a place
As tens of thousands of high school graduates ready their bids for university placements, Alaa Shahine maps the bumps and hurdles of Egypt's enrolment system

Crunching the numbers
Minister of Higher Education Mufid Shehab talks to Al-Ahram Weekly about making the most of a flawed system

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Match me such marvel
Buses, ferries, taxis, mini-vans and shank's mare. Colin Keaveney takes everything but a mule from Cairo to Petra and back


A red letter day
It was expected to be a day of long names and foreign salutary cheers, but the expected turned to dust, and the spirit of Egypt, instead, saturated the air. Alaa Shahine reports on how Ahli's lone bullet was enough for Egypt's Red Devils to prevail

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