Immune to blackmail
However strident, or hysterical, the Zionist lobby, Egyptian-US relations go from strength to strength, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Suicidal ignorance
By now, at least, it should be clear: the US just doesn't get it. Time for a change of policy, writes Edward Said

The stick for the carrot?
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed wonders whether the Bush administration has shifted the focus of its Middle East policy towards Iraq

Don Quixote tries again
Ahmed Abdel-Halim counts the windmills

Crises of legitimacy
To stop suicide bombers, let people vote, suggests George Giacaman

Those who stay behind
Palestinians inside Israel are caught between the ambivalence of their compatriots and the racism of their host state. Mohamed Khaled Al-Azaar outlines their dilemma

Editorial:
After the fall

Reflections
Director's cut
By Hani Shukrallah

Close up
Empty-handed
By Salama Ahmed Salama

Soapbox:
The sickness and the cure
By Magdi Mehanna

Naguib Mahfouz
On film