Assembling the people
The forthcoming parliamentary elections mark a turning point on the road to democracy, writes Ibrahim Nafie
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Another oil crisis?
How does the present surge in oil prices relate to the oil crisis of the '70s? Will it help solve or further complicate the Middle East crisis? Mohamed Sid-Ahmed comments
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American Zionism -- the real problem (1)
What role can a former enemy have, having surrendered to its more powerful antagonist? Edward Said discusses different options
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Close up
By Salama Ahmed Salama
Indubitable facts
An accurate item published recently in The New York Review of Books brought the EgyptAir crash of 31 October into sharp focus.
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Reflections
By Hani Shukrallah
Religious pathos and pathetic politics
I am not about to make light of the various religious "sensitivities" towards Jerusalem, even while recognising that, though the sacred is held to be everlasting, religious sensitivities of all sorts invariably reveal a decidedly conjunctural nature.
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Editorial
No time for time out
Israel announced on Tuesday that it wanted to take time out in peace talks with the Palestinians, claiming President Yasser Arafat was refusing to show flexibility.
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Naguib Mahfouz
Jerusalem for all
The one question raised by Arab-Israeli negotiations over Jerusalem is: who, ultimately, has the right to this land?
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Soapbox
Help from our friends
By Mohamed El-Sayed Said
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