Living by the sword
Despite the US campaign, terrorism is only likely to grow in the years to come. Concerted efforts at ending social, economic and political grievances must be undertaken to end it, writes Hussein Ahmed Amin

The Kagan thesis (2) -- History and post-history interrelated
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed presents American scholar Robert Kagan's original interpretation of the notion of post-history in contemporary politics

Super puppeteer
The United States has made it clear that it wants to remove Saddam's regime by force. Amr Elchoubak says puppets may do it more harm than good

Editorial:
The nightmare of terror

Reflections
Phantoms of liberty
By Hani Shukrallah

Close up
Fly, mosquito
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox
Four versions of July
By Mahmoud Amin El-Alim

Vernaculations
By Naguib Mahfouz

This week: NAME HERE Mohamed Saadat