Al-Ahram Weekly Online offers the world a richly complex vision of contesting idelas and ways of thinking. Especially valuable in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on America, it always provides a sophisticated panaroma of ideas beyond the closed circle of the US-centric media.
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"When Narratives Collide." Desperation has no address, writes Azmi Bishara (Palestinian Israeli member of the Knesset); and kamikaze operations speak a language no one understands. [A few tantalizing excerpts from a much longer, densely-woven piece. Thought-provoking. A must read for getting outside the US-Centric mindset.]
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"Caught in the Middle." Cairo is urging caution and restraint to a hotheaded Washington, warning: look before you leap, write Nevine Khalil and Soha Abdelaty
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"A Forbidden Alliance?" Does Islam sanction suicide bombings? Can Muslim and non-Muslim countries join forces when launching attacks on Islamic states? Jailan Halawi monitors a growing controversy
- "In the Shadow of the WTC." There were no "celebrations" in the West Bank town of Jenin after the strikes on America. Nor were there mass outpourings of grief. At best there was a kind of empathy. Jenin too has been burying its dead....
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