The human cost
The most vulnerable Palestinians, the chronically sick, are increasingly becoming casualties of Israeli policy, writes Mustafa Al-Barghouti

Milosevic on trial
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

Revitalisation or depression
Mohamed El-Sayed Said identifies the disease

Editorial:
A mind set to violence

Reflections
A very good likeness
by Hani Shukrallah

Close up
The civil solution
by Salama Ahmed Salama

Soapbox:
Free to leave
By Fatma Khafagi

Naguib Mahfouz
An ethical press