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Lessons unlearned
America lost an opportunity to draw closer to the rest of the world, as humility gave way to aggression, writes Mohamed El-Sayed Said
One Sunny Day
The September attacks put the Arab world under a harsh spotlight. And the glare was too much for our sensitive eyes, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
'Double standards don't work'
In the aftermath of 11 September, the US seemed to shift its priorities in the Middle East. At times, the changes to its policies have brought it head to head with its traditional allies in the region, including Egypt. Soha Abdelaty talked to Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher in an exclusive interview about US foreign policy in the Middle East during the post-9/11 period
A domestic outlook on 9/11: Seeing through it all
What everyone seems to have been worried about lately is how the West perceives us. But what do we think about the West and 9/11? --read on--
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By Tarek Atia
Looking for directions
Tarek Atia examines the issues still gnawing at Egyptians' hearts and minds one year after the fact
The intellectuals speak
A new, post-9/11, Middle East
War against terror or war on the Arabs? America's Middle East policy after 11 September is pushing the region towards disaster, writes David Hirst, and a US colonial order
'Arabs under attack'
For the past year, Arab governments, without exception, have been trying to prove that they are 'with', not 'against', the US. Dina Ezzat reports
Plus ça change
Almost a year after America's 'liberation' of Afghanistan, Iffat Malek finds only small gains against a backdrop of continued, albeit changed, suffering
 No exit from the zero-sum game
The current global crisis, pitting the United States against so-called terror, mixes a terrifying reality with mythic overtones, creating the possibility of an open-ended conflict without the possibility of compromise, writes Diaa Rashwan
Doing as the Romans did
The notion that the US 'war on terror' will defeat terrorism is a sick joke, writes Tariq Ali
The imperial moment
In the wake of the 11 September attacks, US strategy has been to extend its hegemony in formerly Soviet Central Asia, with a view to controlling the region's vast petroleum reserves, writes Galal Nassar
Question begging
The official version of events on 11 September and after leaves many questions unresolved. Galal Nassar ponders some of them
'Fear not the path of truth'
A year following the attacks on America, Anayat Durrani finds Arabs and Muslims in America changed, but optimistic
In this together
Arab-Americans and their brethren in the region are putting their heads together to further their common interests. In listening to the Americans' plans, Willa Thayer is reminded that money talks
 Fitting in, as Arabs
Beleaguered and racially profiled since 9/11, Arab-Americans seem to be taking a road well-traversed by other US minority groups. Amr Shalakany, in New York, discusses the implications
A year in the news
9/11 should have alerted the US media to the urgent need of providing its public with a better understanding of the rest of the world. It did the opposite, writes Danny Schechter
Our own agenda
Is the Arab world Europe's nemesis, asks Dyab Abou Jahjah -- or its last hope?
Countering misconceptions
Misperception and distrust have often characterised the relationship between the US and the Arab and Muslim world since the 11 September attacks.
Omayma Abdel-Latif talks to Shireen Hunter, director of the US Center for International and Strategic Studies, on how this might be countered
Big brother is watching
Mohamed Hakki, in Washington, finds the US a disturbingly changed place since 9/11
Western walls?
Tighter security checks, visa complications and fears of discrimination are scaring many Arabs away from heading west. Gihan Shahine examines the impact of the 11 September attacks on Middle Eastern travel
To whom it may concern
The future of Saudi society will not be secure as long as it refuses to confront its own extremist elements, writes Jamal Khashoggi
 Dead or alive?
What has become of the Al-Qa'eda leader over the last year? Khaled Dawoud sifts the often contradictory evidence
Islamism's Stalingrad?
While the events of 11 September have undoubtedly taken their toll on the Islamist movement in Egypt, their long-term effects are more ambiguous. Omayma Abdel-Latif investigates
Heaven, which way?
The silver thread between man and God has been pulled every which way. Some of the strands, says Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid, are beginning to wear a bit thin
Reclaiming history
The victor imparts his own thoughts on the vanquished. This is why, Tarek El-Beshri argues, we spend much time thinking about 11 September 2001 and forget a more important date
The great accelerator
11 September has brought the new American 'project' out into the open, writes Gamil Mattar
Israeli roots of anti-Americanism
The sources of growing anti-Americanism in the Arab world are not hard to find. Ayman El-Amir comments on last week's 'why they hate us?' conference in Washington
Anatomy of sympathy
Doubtless many Egyptians found political consolation in 11 September: Youssef Rakha absorbs the mood of the public then and now
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