Iftar under fire
Observing Ramadan in Palestine this year is an act of will and even resistance. Khaled Amayreh reports from the West Bank and Jerusalem
Waning expectations
What can the Clinton administration offer to revive the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks? Not much, suggest diplomats who spoke to Hoda Tawfik in New York
The other casualty
The first Intifada in 1987 brought Palestinian nationalists and the Israeli peace movement into contact. The Al-Aqsa Intifada has simultaneously driven them apart and brought them closer. Graham Usher talks to activists from both sides
Delivering on promises
Nine Arab foreign ministers are getting together in Damascus next week to determine moves to help the Palestinian people. Dina Ezzat previews the agenda
Wielding the oil weapon
The crisis between Iraq and the United States is shifting from the political battle of wills and the military confrontation to the oil market, writes Salah Hemeid
In with the new
Young Arab leaders are a sign of our times. Fresh faces and new blood are just what the region needs, Emile Lahoud, the son of the Lebanese president, told Nevine Khalil
Kurdish tongue for Turkish state
Turkey's intention to allow Kurdish language programming on state television is as much an abatement of the harsh official stand towards the Kurds as a planned strategic move. Gareth Jenkins reports
Morocco curbs the media
Ramadan violence
Syria liberalises
Virtual protest
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