In Powell's wake
With the US administration kowtowing to Israeli intransigence the stability of the entire region is at stake, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Conflict engineering
Neither conflict resolution nor conflict management has so far succeeded in halting the growing deterioration in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Mohamed Sid-Ahmed suggests conflict engineering

Sharpening the axe
Occupation is the source of violence: this is what we must remember, writes Edward Said

In the gutter, looking at the stars
Scandal and sensation: Medhat El-Zahed wonders just who is interested

Editorial:
Accessory to the crime

Reflections
Capital ideas
by Hani Shukrallah

Close up
Players and referees
by Salama Ahmed Salama

Soapbox:
Poised in fear
By Mahmoud El-Maraghi

Naguib Mahfouz
Soad's legacy