Second wave of terror
Panic over the US anthrax scare is sweeping the West. This week, writes Willa Thayer, it reached Egypt

Testing time
The fight against terror has put China's and India's traditionally warm relations with Arab countries to the test, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Pakistan's predicament
Colin Powell praised Pakistan's support for the US in its war on terrorism, but he did not commit to hoped for economic assistance, writes Absar Alam from Islamabad

Backroom diplomacy and street violence
While the streets of Peshawar are wracked by virulent anti-US protests, the Pakistani city is playing host to scores of secret meetings that are likely to determine the shape of the future government in Kabul, reports Khaled Dawoud

Big bad apple
New York's rejection of a Saudi prince's charity has led to a war of words between the prince and the mayor of the Big Apple, writes Thomas Gorguissian from New York

Peacemaking as a weapon
Confident that no Arab country will be targeted by the US, Cairo focuses on peacemaking in the region. Nevine Khalil and Soha Abdelaty report

'Missing in Action'
It met with resounding success in Iraq but, writes Galal Nassar, Washington's attempts to stage-direct its current war in Afghanistan does not appear to be working

Fuel for the war machine
Big Oil, defence, and policy-making: Pascale Ghazaleh discovers some curious connections

The roots of anti-Muslim rage
Western governments say it is not a war against Islam. Osama Bin Laden says it is. Muslims at large are caught in the middle. Omayma Abdel-Latif reports

And us?
Arab but not Muslim, Christian but not Western. What room is there for Arab-Christians when the world divides into two camps? Mariz Tadros seeks an answer

Do we hate them?
Fatemah Farag, taking her cue from the Western media, searches Cairo's streets for expressions of anti-Western venom. She finds anger, curiosity and amusement

Barking up the wrong
Government cover-ups and media complicity: no wonder Americans prefer Jerry Springer. Fayza Hassan comments

Hunting the hoodlums
The outbreak of sectarian violence in Nigeria's second largest city, Kano, fuelled by anti-US protest bodes ill for Nigeria's two-year experiment with multi-party democracy, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Wrong answer
Not everyone in Britain and America wants war. Jasper Thornton reports

Nowhere to turn
In the wake of 11 September, refugees and asylum seekers may find that no doors are open to them, writes Nyier Abdou

Send in the hawks
Though Britain insists that no wider war is expected, hard-line American officials seem to be working towards just that, writes Michael Jansen

Syria's third way
With a two-year stint on the UN Security Council and a warming of diplomatic relations with Washington, Syria doesn't have the luxury of keeping a low profile in the "war against terror," writes Sherine Bahaa

Unease in the Gulf
As the military campaign against Afghanistan runs into a second week, tension is mounting in the Gulf region. Ayman Ali reports from Dubai

A sweet disguise?
Does a terrorism network lurk behind Yemen's seemingly innocent honey industry? Nasser Arrabyee, in Sana'a, says the proof just isn't there

Fears mount as US widens net
The new US most-wanted list hits several raw nerves, Azadeh Moaveni, in Doha, writes

Egypt's most wanted
Egyptian Afghans, the hard core of Al-Qa'ida, are based not only in Afghanistan but across Europe. In the United Kingdom, Germany, and Austria, Bin Laden's lieutenants have for years enjoyed political asylum. Only recently have some found their way to prison, or were delivered -- handcuffed -- to Egypt. Ahmed Moussa reports

Reaching out
A new campaign by the Arab League aims to bring Arab ex-patriates and Arab communities abroad closer to home, Dina Ezzat reports