Summit talks
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was in Egypt yes-erday on a brief visit for talks with President Hosni Mubarak on regional and bilateral issues. --read on--
First closure
ISRAEL'S decision to seal off the West Bank town of Hebron was the first closure ordered by the new government. --read on--
All roads lead
Yesterday, in Damascus, hundreds of intellectuals and admirers accompanied the body of Iraqi poet Abdel-Wahab Al-Bayyati to his final resting place at Muhieddin Ibn Arabi's Mosque. Al-Bayyati, born in Iraq in 1926, died of a heart attack in the early hours of Tuesday morning in his home in Damascus where he had taken residence for the past two years. --read on--
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In crisis again
The Oslo process has reverted to type with a new crisis in the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. But the latest dispute may be less about the Wye agreement than about the final status issues. Graham Usher writes from Jerusalem
General triggers PA wrath
The Palestinian Authority (PA) called on Tuesday for the dismissal of Syrian Defence Minister Mustafa Tlas for his harsh criticism of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. --read on--
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'Determined to make peace'
The bloodshed may have abated, but the country is still torn. Amira Howeidy, in Algeria, investigates the plans and problems of some very uneasy bedfellows as the "new era" -- complete with conflict, broken promises and efforts to make the best of a bad situation -- dawns on a country still reeling from seven years of civil strife
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'A monster far worse than UNSCOM'
 Speaking to Al-Ahram Weekly, Iraqi Foreign Minister Said Al-Sahhaf insisted that it was time to lift the sanctions. According to Al-Sahhaf, four countries are blocking movement in this direction: the US, the UK, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. |
A royal 'guardian
of the poor'
 A week after he was enthroned, Morocco's new King Mohamed VI demonstrated his royal prerogative as the country's political and religious leader. Rasha Saad looks at the start of a new reign |
Cooperation, not coercion
NATO's new mandate in the Middle East could open the door to some unwelcome interventions. Galal Nassar finds out why
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A night of betrayal
It was the night the city didn't sleep. And though we were handed a defeat, the momentum of the night, and its rowdy incoherence, became an event unto itself. Tarek Atia witnesses a phenomenon unique to the streets of Cairo, and unique to an age when a football match, a satellite dish and a decoder inspire such mayhem |
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Post-festive props
A year's cinema in focus? All too clearly perhaps. Khairiya El-Bishlawi is disappointed with the industry's annual showcase, but Ali Abu Shadi, president of NFEC, talking to Mohamed El-Assyouti, has more to say
Realistically speaking
Stages of development
Recently in Cairo, Iraqi dramaturge Youssef Al-'Ani spoke to Youssef Rakha about half a century's experience of Arab theatre
The Prophet is back
The Prophet is no longer banned in Egypt, but, as Nadia Abou El-Magd reports, clearing the air is no easy task
Life with the birds
North Sinai, abutting on the Mediterranean Sea,  might not have the same marine wealth of South Sinai overlooking the Gulf of Aqaba. However, it has other attractions, bird-watching among them. Mahmoud Bakr visited the area and describes the facilities available for visitors
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