#5965 Two roads to somewhere
by Michael Jansen in Al-Ahram Weekly, 19 February 2004
The leaders of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities began intensive negotiations in Nicosia this week with the aim of reunifying the island before Cyprus enters the European Union on 1 May.
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If Annan's bid fails, Turkey's candidacy for ...
#5966 Guilt by name only
by Reem Nafie in Al-Ahram Weekly, 19 February 2004
"Free Qassam Barghouti", read the flyers held by the gathered crowd during a rally at the American University in Cairo (AUC) on Monday. A large crowd of students, faculty and staff stood at the far end of the Greek Campus attentively listening to spe ...
#5967 Arab Valentine
by Azmi Bishara in Al-Ahram Weekly, 19 February 2004
My generation also recalls when the Anniversary of the Prophet and the Islamic New Year became public holidays, as though they were Christmas and Western New Year (some fundamentalists are shocked when they realise how culturally intertwined the worl ...
#5968 Rome and Jerusalem revisited
by Joseph A. Massad in Al-Ahram Weekly, 19 February 2004
Let us review the Zionist record: A crucial goal of Zionism since its inception was to transform European (and later other) Jews into European Christians culturally, while continuing to call them Jews. This is a question that most Jewish opponents of ...
#5969 Buses and Bantustans at The Hague
by Amira Howeidy in Al-Ahram Weekly, 19 February 2004
The Palestinians are likely to win the legal debate over Israel's separation wall in the World Court next week. But Tel Aviv has more leverage outside the courtroom. Amira Howeidy wonders who will have the last laugh. ...
#5970 A Church not in retreat
by Jill Kamil in Al-Ahram Weekly, 19 February 2004
The Coptic Symposium that took place last weekend at the monastery of Al-Azeb was the first such international gathering to be held in a provincial location. Jill Kamil describes documents that will help clarify the rich and complex heritage of Fayou ...