Hope floats
A wealthier world will not necessarily result in the eradication of poverty, writes Fatemah Farag

Airing taboos
HIV/AIDS is on the rise in the Arab world. Has the time come to discuss sex openly? Hala Sakr reports

Iran: the sacred and profane
Amr El-Choubaki , on a visit to Iran, contrasts the Islamic Republic of the imagination to that of every-day reality