Towards greater dialogue
El-Sayed Yassin attempts to stimulate debate among the international community of intellectuals on the most appropriate means to secure a collective future

No military solution
Terrorism cannot be suppressed through military means alone. Reforming the world system itself is at least as important, argues Mohamed Sid-Ahmed

The way backwards
In response to Ariel Sharon's article in the New York Times Abdel-Raouf El-Reedy sent the following reply.
It was not published

Unilateral withdrawal?
Unable to impose its will on the Palestinians and the Arabs, will Israel now consider unilateral withdrawal from the occupied territories, asks Hassan Nafaa

The medium and the message
So long as Arab states have "information ministries" it may not be a good idea to launch a pan-Arab Satellite TV channel charged with addressing the rest of the world, argues Ayman El-Amir

Reform, so they tell us
The West wants us to clean up our act. What if they were right? Osama El-Ghazali Harb makes an argument for reform

Editorial:
Different wavelengths

Close up
Delaying tactics
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox
Satellite wars
By Wagih Afifi Salama

Resolution and violence
By Naguib Mahfouz

This week: Gamal El-Ghandour