Israeli opposition to Sharon
The new found voice of the Israeli left may represent a last hope for peace, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Heresies of statehood
Has the Arab world ever really understood the relation between state and nation? Azmi Bishara seeks answers in the collapse of political society in Iraq

Democracy and the national debate
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed believes democracy to be the centrepiece of a genuine national revival in Egypt

From pulse to poll
A recent poll in Iraq holds surprises for Arabs and Americans alike, writes Abdel-Moneim Said

American irresponsibility act
The Syrian Accountability Act's progress through the US Congress is not only a blow to Syria but to regional stability at large, Sami Moubayed writes

This week: ARAFAT, SHARON

Editorial:
Nuclear hypocrisies
It is time the international community embraced long- standing Egyptian proposals to make the Middle East a region free of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)...

Close up
Greater Israel
Without pretense of inside information or claims of insight or deep analysis, it is clear that the US has abandoned the roadmap and that the peace process portfolio has been closed...
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox
Our market economy
Depending on your point of view, the Egyptian transition to a market economy commenced either 30 or 12 years ago...
By Bahaa Alieddin

Two faces of Ramadan
This year the holy month of Ramadan greets a populace trapped between a historical vision of the month as a time of scented beauty, Sufi chanting and staying up at Fishawi till suhour on the one hand, and the painful reality of political, economic and administrative problems...
By Naguib Mahfouz