Al-Ahram Weekly Online   15 - 21 January 2009
Issue No. 930
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Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

White phosphorous but no flag
The Palestinians refuse to succumb to defeat in the face of flagrant Israeli war crimes. Saleh Al-Naami reports from Gaza
Egypt slams summit
Dina Ezzat seeks answers as to why Egypt opposes Qatar's move for an emergency Arab summit on Gaza
Bar tactics
Sunday's elections at the Bar Association could yet be postponed, reports Mona El-Nahhas
Shoe waving and clamour
Events in Gaza precipitate an ill-tempered week of exchanges in the People's Assembly, writes Gamal Essam El-Din
Anger explodes
Egypt's streets are unlikely to calm down before Israel halts its air strikes on Gaza, reports Reem Leila
Need to heal
In Rafah, Gamal Mubarak tells Assem El-Kersh that Israel's military might will not guarantee its security
Families targeted
Israel is using weapons of mass destruction to take out ordinary families in Gaza, reports Saleh Al-Naami
Abbas in limbo
Ramallah's silence on Israel's campaign of slaughter in Gaza is turning back on Fatah with a vengeance, writes Khaled Amayreh
A message of defiance
Syrian support of Hamas in its current confrontation with Israel is showing no sign of faltering, as Damascus made clear to a succession of high-level visitors, reports Bassel Oudat from Damascus
Same mettle
Intentionally or not, Hamas and Hizbullah are speaking a similar discourse. Sherine Bahaa reviews their rhetoric
The ruling before last
Amr Kamal Hamouda examines the latest chapter in the saga of gas exports to Israel
Summit on thorns
The Arab Economic Summit is set to be held next week despite Israel's aggression on Gaza, Niveen Wahish looks at the agenda and sounds out expectations
Food matters
Nader Noureddine Mohamed argues that food shortages should take centre-stage at the upcoming Arab Economic Summit
Shake-up South Africa
Wobbling woefully, South Africa's ruling ANC is struggling against a crisis worse than a coup, writes Gamal Nkrumah
One long fall
For most Pakistanis 2008 went from bad to worse, writes Graham Usher in Islamabad
Restoring beauty
The heart of Cairo is being promised a much-needed restoration campaign, Amira El-Noshokaty talks to the man who is in charge of making the city look its best
Art appeal
Prominent artist Hamed Owias argues that art could defy violence and unfairness. Dina Ezzat hears him out
Full steam ahead
By winning the famed derby, Ahli continued their relentless drive towards the top of the football league, Ahmed Morsy reports
Palestine

Smoke billows from the Gaza Strip following an Israeli air strike...
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Entertainment:

Life through a lens
By Amira El-Noshokaty

 

The Egyptian paradox in Gaza
Egypt is under fire, and Gaza has become a nightmare, but such problems and more have been faced before successfully, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
New Middle East indeed
Contrary to criminal US-Israeli plans, the new Middle East emerging is one of the triumphs of Arab resistance, writes Ramzy Baroud
Awaiting Obama
Turning around the legacy of Bush in the Middle East region will be an uphill if necessary struggle for the incoming US president, writes El-Sayed Amin Shalabi
Hear the rumble?
In attacking Gaza Israel upset the regional equilibrium. The results are likely to be momentous, writes Hassan Nafaa
In Focus: Unfinished business
Galal Nassar examines the timing of Israel's assault against Gaza
Zionist propaganda machine
Israel fights its media wars as disproportionately as it fights its real wars, writes James Zogby
Time to pick
Setting aside all personal grievances, it is time that the Palestinians, once and for all, pick a path, be it peaceful negotiations or armed resistance, writes Amr Hamzawy
Israel's Gaza myths
The media continues to parrot Israel-friendly half-truths about Gaza, writes Jonathan Cook in Nazareth
Salama A Salama:
Engagement moment

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