Getting through the Golan Significant improvements may be expected soon on the Syrian-Israeli track, writes Ibrahim Nafie; but the road to peace will not be smooth

Wrong turn down the road to peace Abdel-Moneim Said wishes the Palestinians had made themselves clear

Making politics newsworthy Media-generated crises have come to dominate the policy debate in America. James Zogby comments

Culture for the third millennium What type of culture is needed to face the challenges of the next millennium? On the occasion of the coming selection of a new director-general for UNESCO, Mohamed Sid-Ahmed investigates the issue Close up By Salama Ahmed Salama Changing of the (old) guard It is absurd that foreigners should be more interested than we are in matters related to succession or changes in government and the implications of such events for the stability of the region. --read on--

Naguib Mahfouz A century of glory The recent games in Mexico reminded me vividly of my passion for football when I was a boy. --read on--

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The first step
Baheieddin Hassan

This week: Abdel-Wahab Al-Bayyati