Commom interests, common ends
Greater regional cooperation is the only way to secure prosperity and security, writes Ibrahim Nafie
West Bank diary
Breaking barriers may be a two-edged sword, writes Edward Said, but, at the dead end of nationalism, speak we must
The opening shot in the water war
Growing water scarcity throughout the Middle East is paving the way for new forms of confrontation in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Mohamed Sid-Ahmed comments
Close up
Fifty years of human rights
Salama A. Salama
The human rights movement in Egypt has been set back more than 50 years -- roughly to before the days of eminent progressive thinker Mahmoud Azmi, who played a pioneering role in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Reflections
A very human right
Hani Shukrallah
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document which, despite its many shortcomings, records one of the great moral victories achieved by humanity in this and any other century.
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Editorial
Coming down with a bump
It is all very well for the international community to give financial aid to the Palestinians. But money, while necessary to create a viable state, is not everything.
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Naguib Mahfouz
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Soapbox
After the crisis
Mohamed El-Sayed Said
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