VOL. XLV

No 3

21 January 2002

Arab Columnists On 11 SeptemberAftermath

(MEES Translations)

The following is an extract from an article by Mustafa al-Fiqi (Egyptiandiplomat and member of parliament) entitled Terrorism And Political Reform publishedin the daily al-Hayat on 8 Januaryin which he proposed a number of subjects requiring attention:

1. The time has come for us tothink about the future in a way that is different from the past and gives precedenceto the present. For the world has changed,...