Can Sudan meet a 30-day deadline to end the political deadlock in Darfur, asks Gamal Nkrumah

The domestic Palestinian crisis is now entering its third week. It is going nowhere, writes Graham Usher from Jerusalem

The cycle of violence in Iraq grows, belying the effectivity of the transfer of power as civilians continue to be the main victims, Nermeen Al-Mufti writes from Baghdad

As disparate Iraqi groups jockey for power and influence, uncertainty shrouds a planned national conference, writes Salah Hemeid

With the idea of sending Islamic troops to Iraq on the table, Egypt is advising caution, reports Dina Ezzat

A different mood emerged at a recent press conference where Gamal Mubarak bluntly responded to questions about his political future, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

The Muslim Brotherhood is reaching out to opposition parties to launch another reform initiative, reports Omayma Abdel-Latif

Fatemah Farag searches out the ghosts that may be lurking behind the sequence of events that led to Mamdouh Hamza's incarceration in the UK

Arafat's desperate attempts to maintain control are unravelling by the day, reports Khaled Amayreh from Gaza

The conviction of one of America's most influential Muslims on charges of involvement in a Libyan plot to assassinate Saudi royalty casts a shadow on the future of Washington's budding relationship with Libya, writes Rasha Saad

Ghassan Al-Attyia critiques the mechanisms of the Iraqi National Conference

The Democratic Convention did not produce the expected surge in Kerry's popularity, Khaled Dawoud reports from Washington

The new Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieddin has ignited a fierce debate over the direction of interest rates and monetary policy in Egypt, Wael Gamal reports

Two choirs herald the onset of Cairo's musical summer, writes Amal Choucri Catta

Niran Sadiqa (Friendly Fire), Alaa El-Aswani, Cairo: Miret, 2004. pp210

The sudden transfer of right-winger Islam El-Shater from Zamalek to Ahli opens a new chapter in the cold war between the rival clubs. Mohamed El-Sayed reports