Mapping dead ends
Colin Powell's first visit to Israel and the occupied territories in over a year failed all Palestinian expectations, writes Graham Usher from Jerusalem
Vengeance in Riyadh
At least 30 people died and more than 200 were injured as explosions rocked the Saudi capital just hours before Powell's visit, reports John Bradley from Riyadh
 Return of the Ayatollah
The homecoming of Ayatollah Muhammed Baqer Al-Hakim, the leader of Iraq's most prominent Shi'ite movement, brought into focus questions about the movement's future and its relationship with the occupying power. Omayma Abdel-Latif reports
The American ideology
The US may claim to be a democracy, says Samir Amin , but its religious rhetoric betrays totalitarian ambitions
 An American buffet
In an interview with three prominent Egyptian journalists in Cairo, US Secretary of State Colin Powell talks about the US-sponsored roadmap to Palestinian-Israeli peace and America's vision for a post-Saddam Middle East
Whither the League?
Arab countries seem supportive of the Arab League. But are they committed to reforming it?
Region
 Undermining Abu Mazen
Colin Powell's apparent failure to convince Israel to accept the US-backed roadmap peace plan may have vindicated Hamas's resistance. Khaled Amayreh reports from Nablus
Never again
Karim El-Gawhary in Baghdad talks to Saddam Hussein's former physician, who later became the victim of the darker sides of his patient
Egypt
The long and winding roadmap
It will take more than diplomatic handshakes to convince Cairo that the roadmap will lead to peace any time soon. Nevine Khalil and Soha Abdelaty report
Debating the future
Gamal Mubarak's outspoken talk at the American University in Cairo last week has triggered a wide-ranging debate, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
No second in Brothers command
Members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood tell Omayma Abdel-Latif that rumours regarding the appointment of the group's new deputy supreme guide are unfounded
Culture
 Like to a bubbling fountain
Nehad Selaiha encounters a blood bath at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Outsider art
Gamal Nkrumah sees the brush strokes of exiled Sudanese painters percolating through the Egyptian art scene
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