Al-Ahram Weekly Online   10 - 16 June 2004
Issue No. 694
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Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

All forgotten?
US President Bush seems to be using the G8 summit as an opportunity to mend fences with the rest of the world, writes Khaled Dawoud from Washington
Gaza in the balance
Israel's disengagement plan may never see the light of day. But its security repercussions are already being felt, at least in Egypt. Graham Usher reports from Jerusalem
More than security
Amira Howeidy finds out why Palestinian factions disapprove of the proposed Egyptian role in Gaza
Not for Israel's sake
Cairo aims to contain a potentially combustible situation on its border. Rasha Saad reports
Post-withdrawal scenarios
Samir Ghattas outlines the likely results of Sharon's plans to withdraw from Gaza, and Egypt's possible roles in the process
The politics of transition
Security will remain the key issue for Iraq's new interim government, Omayma Abdel-Latif reports
Hard days ahead
Kamil Al-Mahdi assesses the challenges facing Iraq's new interim government
Fresh water talks
Nile Basin countries re-double efforts to work out a way of sharing and managing the region's water resources, writes Gamal Nkrumah
New cabinet on the way?
Rumours of a comprehensive cabinet reshuffle are on the rise. Gamal Essam El-Din looks at the prospects
Trapped in Iraq
An Egyptian truck driver has been taken hostage in Iraq. Rasha Saad reports on Egyptian efforts to set him free
Intra Iraqi politics
Saad Abdel-Razzak Hussein provides an insider's view on the alliances and maneuverings behind the recent appointments of Iraq's interim president and prime minister
Where is this going?
Iraq's academics and medical professionals are being murdered and abducted in an unofficial war on the country's brain power, reports Ahmed Mukhtar from Baghdad
Kingdom on the brink
What future lies in store for Saudi Arabia in light of recent violence, asks Sherine Bahaa
Collateral damage
Tenet's resignation shows up small gaps in the neo-conservative intelligence and propaganda-based system, but the fundamental problems remain unchallenged, writes Mohamed Hakki
Yankee, go home
Anti-war activists gather to protest against Bush's European tour, Samia Nkrumah reports from Rome
Accumulated detail
Hani Mustafa speaks with Hala Galal, director of Dardasha Nesaaeyah (Women's Chat), an ambitious attempt to link the feminist past with present day lives
Carving a global niche
Egyptian furniture designers have fashioned a new style combining ethnic touches with modern design. Sherine Nasr writes
Zamalek do it again
The club repeated their Egypt Cup failure, writes Mohamed El-Sayed
USA

A solitary, crippled figure looks over dozens of black umbrellas in Savannah's Forsyth Park representing the hundreds killed in the course of Operation Iraqi Freedom...
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Only game in town

by Azmi Bishara

 

 

Unvarnished truth
In response to a letter from the minister of planning, Ibrahim Nafie cautions against unrealistic projections and promises
A critical turning point?
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed asks whether the Middle East crises are moving towards a critical turning point and, if so, to what extent and in which direction
More Arab than the Arabs?
Why is it that Turkey's prime minister is more critical of Israeli and American crimes than the leaders of Arab states, asks Nader Fergany
Which democracy?
Democracy and capitalist globalisation are a contradiction in terms, says Sherif Hetata
"Change" and real change
by Salama A Salama

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