Umm Kulthoum Story
20th century
Special issue
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Pomp and Prayer
This year, three million pilgrims -- among them 66,000 Egyptians -- have completed the Holy Pilgrimage, praying on Mount Arafat and circumambulating the Ka'ba. In so doing, they have followed in the footsteps of countless millions before them, accomplishing the duties required of every Muslim who undertakes the sacred journey --read on--
A journey of faith
Most Muslims wish above all else to accomplish the pilgrimage to Mecca -- one of the five pillars of the faith -- at least once in their lives. In bygone days, the journey was fraught with untold hardship, yet the pious made it in their thousands. Fayza Hassan retraces the path of the Hajj caravans
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Too many conditionals
Where to current efforts for regional peace-making and inter-Arab reconciliation?
A qualified apology
Arab intellectuals are disappointed that Pope John Paul II, despite his explicit apology to the people of Israel, made only a passing reference to the anti-Muslim Crusades
The convening of the Arab foreign ministers meeting in Beirut last week has been widely viewed as an unprecedented act of pan-Arab solidarity with Lebanon in its struggle against Israeli occupation. Dina Ezzat, in Beirut for the occasion, examines the scope -- and limits -- of the grand gesture
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Kosheh indictment asserts 'secular' rioting
The prosecutor-general has ordered 135 suspects to stand trial before a criminal court for their roles in Al-Kosheh riots. Jailan Halawi writes
Rights in disarray
EOHR's secretary-general is back to face serious charges, enfeebled rights groups and a little bit of stardom, Amira Howeidy reports
Drugs, lies and NATO strikes
NATO insists that no area of Kosovo is off-limits -- except those controlled by rabble rousers and drug-traffickers, writes Gamal Nkrumah
'And God created woman'
But globalisation threatens to re-create her according to its own image, writes Faiza Rady
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Battling for
the baptism
A possible visit by the pope to two sites east and west of the Jordan River to celebrate Jesus Christ's baptism says less about religious authenticity than it does about political expediency and economic hopes
All SET to spend?
Happy to use your credit card on the Internet? For the moment, at least, advises Niveen Wahish, caution might save you money
History and the text
Youssef Rakha searches for the lost cadence
Hire and fire
He's back. El-Gohari is re-hired once again to coach the national football team. How long, asks Abeer Anwar, will this latest stint last?
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