Tied and bound
If they can't stop a war in Iraq, the Arabs are taking measures to limit the repercussions. Nevine Khalil reports

A new tack
As Sharon prepares to form yet another government, Egypt is reaching out to Israel. Soha Abdelaty reports on the change of tactics, if not of heart

Apartheid unmasked
Israel has provided its citizens with gas masks against a possible Iraqi attack, but none to its 3.5 million Palestinian inhabitants. Talal Jabari reports from the West Bank

Who will fall first
Both Sharon and Arafat have their eyes fixed on the next phase of the conflict: the post-Saddam era. Jonathan Cook writes from Jerusalem

The Godfather's war
The expected war against Iraq, says former Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, is anything but a weapons issue -- and its repercussions might prove catastrophic, reports Amira Howeidy

Between Saddam and a hard place
Can the Iraqi opposition run a post-Saddam Iraq? asks Omayma Abdel-Latif

Under wraps
A flurry of recent reports on the impact of a war in Iraq are building the case for an impending humanitarian disaster, writes Nyier Abdou

The war no one wants
In an interview with Ibrahim Nafie , US Secretary of State Colin Powell unpacks the argument for war in Iraq and shrugs off the imperialist label

Treading water
France this week joined Russia and Germany in calling for a reinforcement of UN weapons inspectors in Iraq and vetoing proposals to send NATO reinforcements to Turkey, writes David Tresilian from Paris

Something to build on?
A year after the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan's reconstruction, Negar Azimi reviews the political and socio-economic situation in the war-torn country

A matter of morality
South African Cabinet Minister Ronnie Kasrils spoke to Gamal Nkrumah about Palestinian national self-determination and the importance of potable water as a fundamental human right

No bed of roses
The pound's floatation continues to be the talk of the town

Pound down, prices up
The drop in the value of the pound and its purchasing power has brought on fears of a recession. Mona El Fiqi reports

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A promise unfulfilled
Amal Choucri Catta finds all is not as it should be

Over the rainbow
Alfred Farag's Quixotic Ali Janah El-Tabrizi and his servant Quffah, surface at the AUC. Nehad Selaiha was there to welcome them

The greatest of sculptors
Gamil Shafik considers the substance of nature and art at the Eighth International Symposium on Sculpture and ponders what makes an artist of the Western Desert

Less sheep for sharing
As the nation celebrates Eid Al-Adha, Injy El-Kashef finds out that the rise in market prices has somewhat dampened the festive holiday spirit

Roses all the way
What is the ultimate way to spend Valentine's Day: lying in the desert under a starry sky or soaking in a bath of rose petals? Aline Kazandjian samples both in search of the perfect partners' paradise

Tally me bananas
A sunset felucca ride to Banana Island... what more could one ask? But, as Rebekah Logan discovers, the road to paradise is paved with promises

Super-duper
The African Super Cup has been added to Zamalek's growing trophy chest

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