21 - 27 November 2002
Issue No. 613
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State of the nation
President Mubarak's address to parliament outlined a future for Egypt to which we can all aspire, writes Ibrahim Nafie

A problem with the world
In a continuing series of articles, Abdel-Moneim Said argues that Arab regimes have fallen dangerously out of touch

Eliminated or postponed?
Has Saddam Hussein succeeded in eliminating the threat of war, or merely in postponing the war to a later date? asks Mohamed Sid-Ahmed

Overcoming mutual grievances
While the current gap between America and the Arab and Muslim world is discouraging, greater objectivity can bring us closer, says Hala Mustafa

The mutation of terrorism
Leaving the destiny of national liberation struggles to the mercy of the new US paradigm for understanding terrorism is ill-advised, argues Ayman El-Amir

Blowback: Islamisation from below
US military and economic power is inviting a spate of inevitable, if unpredictable, reactions in the Arab and Muslim world, the revival of Islamism being the payback for America's war on terrorism, warns Reda Helal

Editorial:
Developing Arab-Turkish relations

Close up
Colonial memories
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox
Reshaping the world
By El-Sayed Elewa

Poetry and prose
By Naguib Mahfouz


This week:
Mustafa Mashhour

Cartoon by Gomaa


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