Pursuit of legitimacy
Ibrahim Nafie outlines the necessary groundwork for any successful international conference aimed at promoting peace in the Middle East

On globalisation, security and self-sacrifice
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed was invited to Algiers this week to take part in a conference on "Globalisation and Security." Here is a shortened version of his paper

More equal than others
Arab-Western dialogue may continue, but there is always something missing, writes Gamil Mattar

Sharon's own lebensraum
Everyone is calling for an international conference these days. But why, asks Hassan Nafaa

Criminal enforcers
Never mind what Washington and London say. Those states that uphold the sanctions against Iraq are in gross violation of international law, writes Jean Allain

Crisis of integrity
Is America losing its soul? Muqtedar Khan contemplates a number of asymmetric commonalties

Editorial:
Conference window-dressing

Close up
Only one choice
By Salama Ahmed Salama

Soapbox:
Olives to bombs
By Mohamed Sobeih

Naguib Mahfouz
Historical shifts

This week: Jacques Chirac