Palestinian mothers in the dock
When are parents made to answer for crimes against their children that others have committed? Mouin Rabbani makes an educated guess
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Mediterraneanism and Middle-Easternism
The same issue can appear in a different light if seen from another perspective. Mohamed Sid-Ahmed discusses how this applies to the Arab-Israeli conflict
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Modern is as modern votes
Hala Mustafa maps out the slow, erratic road to democracy
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Partners, not prisoners
By Salah Montasser
The problem of Arab relations with Israel, has little to do with who rules in Israel -- Barak, Sharon, Shamir, Netanyahu or Peres -- but has much to do with the misconceptions deeply ingrained in the minds of all Israeli leaders and their insistence that things could not be otherwise.
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Close up
By Salama Ahmed Salama
A tragic case
There is no longer any reason to think the world community is capable of resuming the Middle East peace process.
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Editorial
Please, Mrs Robinson
During a four-day visit to occupied Palestinian territories, UN Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson saw for herself a few examples of the Israeli terror campaign to which Palestinians are subjected as a matter of routine.
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Naguib Mahfouz
The homeland for all
In spite of all the infractions that took place in the People's Assembly elections, I feel they represent the best electoral process to take place in Egypt for many years -- a hypothesis that will be tested in the coming parliamentary term.
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Soapbox
A sharp turn
By Osama El-Ghazali Harb
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