What about interest rates? To address Egypt's economic woes, the government should reward saving or make taking out loans more viable, writes Ibrahim Nafie
In place of appeasement It is not among the duties of resistance movements to court popularity from outside powers, writes Azmi Bishara
Guarding the box There is much talk about elections procedure in the country, but the greatest achievement would be to address how elections can be bought before they are even called, writes Amin Howeidi
Splitting Sudan Egypt and the Arab world have not understood the telltale signs that litter the road to secession for South Sudan, writes Abdullah Al-Ashaal
Expecting Mecca The entire next phase of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict rides on the durability and honesty of the agreement struck in Saudi Arabia between Hamas and Fatah, writes Ramzy Baroud
Announcing Arab civil society If courageous media is absent, and if civil society organisations don't take media seriously, the society will not be able to protect the weak, writes Awatef Abdel-Rahman
Hizbullah's two republics With traditional nationalism on the wane, Hizbullah appears well-placed to take a few cues from the body of political theory and philosophy, writes Mohamed Ben Jelloun
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Editorial:
Something's got to give
Close up:
Another mistake
By Salama A Salama
Soapbox:
Workers at the crossroads
By Howaida Roman
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