Away from the abyss
Any end to the current spiral of violence will require an acknowledgment of Palestinian, as well as Israeli, security concerns, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Sovereignty and intervention
Can intervention be reconciled with state sovereignty -- a question now subject to intense debate in the international arena? Mohamed Sid-Ahmed discusses what is at stake

Bothered and bewildered
Caught at a crossroads? Dazed and confused? Join the nation, writes Mohamed El-Sayed Said

Editorial:
Down to the dead end

Reflections
by Hani Shukrallah
Apocalypse deferred

Close up
by Salama Ahmed Salama
Spiral the circle

Soapbox:
Is this the end?
By Abdel-Qader Yassin

Naguib Mahfouz
Navel of the world

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