Is sustainable sustainable?
Ahead of the UN Summit on Sustainable Development, to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, later this month, Sadruddin Aga Khan questions the very notion of sustainable development. The following is the text of a recent speech he delivered

Capitalism's turn
After the downfall of communism, is it now capitalism's turn, asks Mohamed Sid-Ahmed

No more heroes
The July Revolution must escape the bonds of its own symbolism if it is to spur people forward, writes Azmi Bishara

Democratic reductionism
Hassan Nafaa questions the sincerity of Washington's newly espoused belief that democracy is the way forward in the Arab world

Time for redemption
Nationalists, professionals, politicians, intellectuals, officers, adventurers, bandits, opportunists, ideologues and a great mass of bystanders crossed the stage of the 1952 Revolution. What is needed now is national consensus and historical redemption, writes Ayman El-Amir

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Reflections
Nasser and the end of politics
By Hani Shukrallah

Close up
Storms on the horizon
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox
Revolutionary life, and death
By Medhat El-Zahed

The philospher
By Naguib Mahfouz

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