The search for added value
Ibrahim Nafie reviews the implications of the reshuffle of economic portfolios

The civilising process
In his speech to the inaugural ceremony of the Arab League-sponsored conference on the dialogue of civilisations, Secretary-General Amr Moussa called on Arabs and Muslims to foster cultural understanding. An excerpt follows

Dialogue, not clash of civilisations
This week, the Arab League held an important symposium questioning the logic that civilisations are condemned to clash. Mohamed Sid-Ahmed comments

False gods and true idols
Nawal El-Saadawi finds hope in the time of terrorism

The clash of understanding Tahsin Bashir believes civilisations can achieve harmony

A grain of salt in the wound
Gamil Mattar offers some advice of his own

Editorial:
Liable to attack

Close up
The limits of terror
By Salama Ahmed Salama

Soapbox:
Home and away
By Awatef Abdel-Rahman

Naguib Mahfouz
Brainstorming