Choosing the path to stability The hail of bullets has abated. Ibrahim Nafie contemplates Algeria's future

Murder, expulsion -- and silence Ethnic cleansing in Palestine has been covered up for too long, writes Abdel-Azim Hammad. But the truth will out

Normalisation There is a price Israel must pay if it is to be accepted in the region, writes Mohamed Sid-Ahmed A people like any other In the fourth and last essay of this series, Abdelwahab Elmessiri discusses Israel in the context of the functional group paradigm Close up By Salama Ahmed Salama Reconciled at last An improvement in democratic practice in any Arab country -- no matter to what degree -- is worthy of praise. --read on--

Naguib Mahfouz Rational demands I was always very attached to Abbas El-Aqqad, whose work I read regularly. --read on--

Soapbox
Reservoirs
for the future
Mohamed Kassas

This week: Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika