The scent of success
There is no economic gloom in China. And for good reason, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Intelligent borrowing
Hassan Nafaa hopes a proposed alliance between the Arab League and civil society can be more than a marriage of convenience

Who is to blame?
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed discusses the former US president's appraisal of the post-11 September world

Want security? Give the Palestinians freedom
Marwan Barghouti reserves the right to resist

It's the occupation, stupid
Marwan Bishara wonders why a few hundred fanatics are holding millions hostage

At the roots of legitimate anger
It is not the world that changed after 11 September, but the US's perception of it, writes Mona Makram Ebeid

Editorial:
Waiting for a sign

Reflections
A cultural thing
By Hani Shukrallah

Close up
From within
By Salama Ahmed Salama

Soapbox:
On the ground
By Farouk Qaddoumi

Naguib Mahfouz
Recuperation dreams