The main accomplice
Washington's collusion with Israel's mass murder of Palestinians exposes America's claims to occupy the moral high ground as utterly hollow. Ibrahim Nafie contemplates the results

Time to act
Washington has long stood on the sidelines of Palestinian suffering, but now its own interests are at stake, writes Osama El-Ghazali Harb

A suspicious project
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed warns of the dangers inherent in Sharon's call for a regional Middle East conference

Man of peace
Reports of a revived US role in Middle East peace-making are exaggerated, writes Hassan Abu Talib

Footage after the fact
The world's best known Saudi dissident's latest video tape had a suspiciously Palestinian flavour. Diaa Rashwan does not buy

Hawks have it their way
US Secretary of State Colin Powell's dismal mission, writes Manar El-Shorbagy, failed first and foremost at home

A strange case of casting
By some miracle the leaders of the Arab world have been transformed into ordinary citizens, writes Azmi Bishara

Reading between the lines
As angry masses thronged the Arab streets, politicians looked increasingly beleaguered. A bit of reading, suggests Gamil Mattar, could do them good

Editorial:
Lies and guilt

Close up
Bin Laden's prophesies
BySalama Ahmed Salama

Soapbox:
Enemy number one
By Abdel-Alim Mohamed

Naguib Mahfouz
America diminished

This week: Marwan El-Barghouti