Death, devastation and debris
The Arab world this week was fixated by a macabre enthralment: the earthquake in Iran that crushed thousands and reduced an ancient city to rubble and the crash in West Africa of a plane packed with Lebanese passengers. Gamal Nkrumah rummages through Arab papers and magazines for reactions to the two disasters

That helpless feeling
Debating 2003, the Egyptian press agreed it was a frustrating year, according to Omayma Abdel-Latif

Bottom Lines
Quotes from the Arab press