Al-Ahram Weekly Online   26 April - 2 May 2007
Issue No. 842
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Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Truce torn again
As Israel ups the ante by killing 10 Palestinians and Hamas responds by firing rockets, another bloody Israeli incursion into Gaza looks ever more likely, reports Khaled Amayreh from East Jerusalem
Reluctant reconciliation
Arabs lay down the rules before they consider supporting Al-Maliki's government, writes Salah Hemeid
Dividing Baghdad
While Al-Maliki halts the walling-in of Al-Adhamiyah, other districts are to be sealed off, writes Nermeen Al-Mufti
Problems by the dozen
Iraq's prime minister comes to Cairo amid ongoing violence nationwide and a refugee crisis that threatens to overwhelm the region. Were solutions proposed, asks Dina Ezzat
Venting anger
Parliamentarians take the foreign minister to task after accusing him of soft peddling over Israel's 1967 massacre of Egyptian prisoners of war, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
Labouring with mistrust
Tuesday is Labour Day. But who's celebrating, asks Karim El-Khashab
Smoke and mirrors
Is the US softening its stance towards the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood? Gihan Shahine digs into the controversy surrounding the first known meeting between the US and the group since 9/11
Constitutional challenge threatened
Gamal Essam El-Din reports on the parliamentary debate that preceded this week's passing of the military tribunals law
Strange bedfellows
King Abdullah tries to woo the Israelis into accepting the Arab Peace Plan, writes Khaled Amayreh in East Jerusalem
Israel's lab in Palestine
Disturbing reports allege that Israel is using Gaza as a field to experiment its new lethal weapons, reports Mel Frykberg
Rip-off Iraq
The plundering of Iraq's wealth, first by the UN and now by Iraq's new Green Zone czars, is the biggest, most shameful financial-political scandal of our times, writes Ramzy Baroud
Privatisation blows
Selling public sector assets was at the centre of a battle in parliament. Gamal Essam El-Din keeps score
Raining on the reform parade
Although the government paints a rosy picture of economic growth, Sherine Abdel-Razek finds out it's no good, if it's not sustainable
France votes Sarkozy
Following the first round of the French presidential elections last weekend, there seems little doubt that the next French president will be Nicolas Sarkozy, writes David Tresilian in Paris
Kabul -- running on empty
Seven years after the fall of the Taliban, Kabul is living on hope but precious little else, writes Graham Usher from the Afghan capital
Glorious Gayane
Amal Choucri Catta goes Yerevan
Another Okasha play
Nehad Selaiha finds Wilad El-Lazinah, the latest play by celebrated television writer, Osama Anwar Okasha, a little too preachy
Cold tinderbox
Sinai is where Bedouin identity comes face to face with state politics. Serene Assir investigates the fault lines
The gates of history
Seven years after being given the go- ahead, the Al-Arish National Museum is ready to open. Nevine El-Aref toured the state-of-the-art complex
Phenomenal pressure
Salonaz Sami discovers the magic touch
Egypt
Icing melts on the century cake
Barcelona came to celebrate Ahli's 100th anniversary, writes Alaa Abdel-Ghani. For the crowds, though, the Spanish giants proved party-poopers
What the moderate Arab world is
By Amal Saad-Ghorayeb

Living:

Miss who?
By Dena Rashed

Culture:

Beckett at the Pompidou
By David Tresilian

 

Khatami at Al-Azhar
Mustafa El-Feki reflects on the enlightening message Iran's former president delivered in the name of tolerance during his recent visit to the bastion of Islam, Al-Azhar
On whose side is Al-Qaeda?
Tension between the national resistance in Iraq and Al-Qaeda mounts as the latter makes a bid for power monopoly, writes Lamis Andoni
Finishing what Sadat started
As Arab states edge towards peace with Israel we should commemorate and give due credit to the man who took the first step on that path, writes Karim Yehia Youssef
In Focus: Bazaar diplomacy
When will the Arabs understand that the United States and Israel are not in the business of proposing equitable solutions to the Arab-Israeli conflict, asks Galal Nassar
Salama A Salama:
Drowning youth


Nicolas Sarkozy
& Ségolène Royal
by Bahgory

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