The case against Sharon
Rosemary Sayigh, examining the judicial concept of command responsibility, concludes that a mass of evidence points to Sharon and the IDF High Command as directly responsible for the Sabra and Shatila massacres

The history we remember
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed argues that history is seldom an account of what really happened but of how what happened is reported

Same question, same answer
What remains of the July revolution? The fact that the question has become an annual ritual is rather more telling than any possible answer,writes Nabil Abdel-Fattah

Editorial:
Above all laws

Reflections
By Hani Shukrallah
Ultimate dilutions

Close up
Strongarm tactics
By Salama Ahmed Salama

Soapbox:
A case study
By Mahmoud Abdel-Hayy

Naguib Mahfouz
Television and literature