Hands off are no less bloody
American reluctance to act to curb Israel's increasingly savage assault against the Palestinian people is leading to calamity, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Cloning humans
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed believes that, despite the US Congress ban on human cloning, the temptation to conduct research in this field is likely to prove irresistible

Sharon's dangerous game
There can be no win-lose scenario in the Middle East today, writes Ahmed Abdel-Halim

To the last drop
No longer content with acting indirectly on Israel's behalf, the US is stepping in to finish the job, writes Mohamed Khaled Al-Azaar

Editorial:
Enough is enough

Close up
Managing the malady
By Salama Ahmed Salama

Soapbox:
Doing no favours
By Salah Montasser

Naguib Mahfouz
New dreams