Dina Ezzat examines the limited chances for Arabs to get Israel to negotiate peace

What next for Turkey following the Justice and Development Party's landslide victory, asks Gareth Jenkins from Istanbul

The Palestinian president wants to push ahead with fresh elections, but it's unlikely to happen. Khaled Amayreh writes from Hebron

Samson is the latest incarnation of Israel's policy of murdering Palestinians, relates Saleh Al-Naami

Over 5,000 attacks are being staged monthly on US forces as the Bush "surge" continues to try to forcibly pacify Iraq, writes Nermeen Al-Mufti

A year after Israel's war to destroy Hizbullah, resistance to US policy in the region is even stronger, Lucy Fielder reports

The anniversary of the 23 July Revolution is as good a time as any to try and scrutinise the archives, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Ahead of its ninth congress, scheduled for November, the NDP is preparing a raft of controversial new laws, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

The victory of Turkey's Islamists at the polls continues to reverberate in Egypt. Amira Howeidy finds out why

Not everybody is pleased with the latest attempt to improve traffic. Reem Leila reports on bottlenecks and possible cures

At least secondary school pupils can now use the Internet to apply for university places. Apart from that, writes Shaden Shehab, nothing has changed

Farmers across Egypt continue to face severe water shortages. Faiza Rady examines the plight of a community of 30,000 smallholders from the Kishn district in Beni Sweif

The government's decision to sell Banque du Caire is stirring up a hornets' nest, according to Sherine Abdel-Razek

The Israeli state is trying desperately to foreclose all exceptions to its unequivocally racist land laws, writes Jonathan Cook in Nazareth

The new peace envoy suits Israel and nobody else, reports Khaled Amayreh

While Bush may be calling for peace conferences, the US policy of unequivocal bias towards Israel and attacking all that defend Arab and Palestinian rights is as firm as ever, writes Ramzy Baroud

The uncertainty of Pakistan's political future argues for action, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Hala Khalil's Qas we Lazq (Cut and Paste) and Khaled Marie's Taymour we Shafiqa (Taymour and Shafiqa) may be this summer's most notable offerings, but Mohamed El-Assyouti and Hani Mustafa find them a little too TV for comfort

Graduation projects they may be, contends Dena Rashed. However the magazines resulting from the course work of mass communications students may well compete on the market

Snow White's small-sized friends are having a hard time, complains Salonaz Sami

Title holders Ahli kept their 100 per cent record in the group phase of the African Champions League intact when they beat Tunisia's Esperance 3-0 in Cairo. However, writes Abeer Anwar, Ismaili were not as good in front of Sudan's Merrikh in the Confederation Cup