The very model of a rogue state
US support for Israel has led to a logical and political impasse, writes Ibrahim Nafie

A vision to lift the spirit
Principles and education: these are the ways out of the Middle East impasse, writes Edward Said

Science, technology and politics
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed discusses how the three interact in the age of global terrorism

Mythical transformations
Azmi Bishara analyses a most convenient assassination

Home delivery
And now, the American fast food experience -- fast-forwarded all the way. Sharif Elmusa drives through meta-McDonald's

Fear could be the key
If US foreign policy changes, even for the wrong reasons, the world will be a safer place, writes John Whitbeck

Sharon must be stopped
Mustafa Barghouthi watches in horror as violence continues to escalate

Editorial:
The other terrorists

Close up
PR blues
By Salama Ahmed Salama

Soapbox:
Manufacturing governments
By Salah Hafez

Naguib Mahfouz
Part of the problem