ISSUE Four!
A damn site better than
other reads
January 2005
Issue
four casts out a line to the future.
Editorial
Not a love letter
to the Egyptian president
Faced with the grim prospects of prolonged
political virginity, Khaled Diab decides to make President Mohamed Hosni
Mubarak an indecent proposal. Read on
Belgium
The language
placebo
To hear some
politicians speak, one would think that language and culture were the panacea
for all Belgium’s social and economic woes vis-à-vis its immigrant community. Read on
Analyses
Time to rethink the EU’s role in the Middle East
If Yasser Arafat’s death is to signify anything
more than the symbolic start of a new era, the European Union must radically
rethink its role as a mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to persuade
the two peoples to work towards a new dawn. Read on
Commission wants
closer EU-Israeli ties
The European
Commission and the EU’s former envoy to the Middle East have both come out in
favour of enhancing economic and political ties with Israel. But critics
question the wisdom of extending a policy of good neighbourhood to a country
that has done little to make the neighbourhood a safer place to live.
Read on
Travel
Part III – Buddhas
and dagobas
After a bite
of Kandy, Khaled and Katleen check out the Buddhist cultural triangle and Galle
– which has since been devastated by the tsunami. Read on
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