Pressing issues
Ibrahim Nafie identifies the changes necessary to ensure the health of the press

A new global game?
Bush's eulogistic words for Putin in their first encounter appear to have ushered in a new era in the global game. Mohamed Sid-Ahmed comments

Wishing squares were circles
How can Israel sustain the unsustainable? Roger Owen wonders

Against the collective good
Why are we so bent on destroying ourselves? Ghada Karmi comments

Editorial:
Slash and burn

Reflections
Copts are not cats
by Hani Shukrallah

Close up
Tidal waves
by Salama Ahmed Salama

Soapbox:
Tabloid Tactics
By Nabil Abdel-Fattah

Naguib Mahfouz
National unity