Issue No. 858
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Is Iraq's government falling apart?
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki may be trying to salvage his fragile government, but Iraq's political crisis seems as deadlocked as ever, writes Salah Hemeid Empowering the Copts
The United States has been quietly targeting aid to Egypt's Coptic Christians, according to documents obtained by Emad Mekay in Washington  Musharraf's last straw
The consideration of a state of emergency has compounded Pakistan's crisis,reports Graham Usher from Islamabad Suffering in numbers
As Israel's siege of Gaza bites deeper, ever more Palestinians languish in sickness or poverty, writes Saleh Al-Naami Police under fire
Allegations of people dying while in police custody have been springing up all over Egypt. Do they have political ramifications, asks Karim El-Khashab  Coming out of the closet
Are those who fret over the religious conversion of a handful of Egyptians making a mountain out of a molehill? Gamal Nkrumah sounds out interested parties A move to the centre
A former lawyer for Egypt's Islamist groups has turned into the defender of democracy, announcing the formation of a new political party, Karim El-Khashab investigates The Brothers show their cards
In a challenge to their political opponents, the Muslim Brothers have lived up to their promise of drafting a civil party platform, Gamal Essam El-Din reports Al-Maliki's days are numbered
Nermeen Al-Mufti interviews two families who have lost everything and ponders the fate of PM Al-Maliki who also looks like he might lose all as the Iraqi political process implodes Jockeying for power
Things aren't what they appear: the US, Iran and Saudi Arabia are playing their cards carefully in Iraq, writes Mustafa El-Labbad High stakes gamble
Abbas has bet everything on cooperating with Israel, worries Khaled Amayreh  The resistance lives on
Hizbullah's Sheikh Naim Qasim speaks to Omayma Abdel-Latif about the resistance movement one year after the US-backed Israeli war on Lebanon Out of sight, out of mind
Lebanon's poor northern areas are fertile ground for militant groups, Lucy Fielder reports Peacemaker or puppet?
With its largest peacekeeping mission ever about to begin in Sudan, Eric Walberg considers the UN's track record in the first of two articles Homeless festivals
Two theatre festivals were suddenly cancelled for lack of venues. Whose fault is it? Nehad Selaiha wonders Quai Branly, one year on
The Musée du quai Branly, France's largest new museum in 30 years, opened its doors to the public a year ago. How has it been faring since, asks David Tresilian in Paris Black-and-white wisdom
Rania Khallaf had never called out "Taxi" with more awareness Licence to live
Nahed Nassr walks in the footsteps of migrant labour  The ides of summer
Summer, children and art: Amira El-Noshokaty and Ghada Abd El-Kader attend institutional variations on a theme, while Salonaz Sami rediscovers the meaning of the beach Another trophy for Ahli
Following the same scenario played out in the English Football Association Community Shield, Ahli clinched the Egyptian Super Cup title with a penalty shoot-out. Ahmed Morsy reports |
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In one of the most deadly insurgent strikes since the US invasion of Iraq, at least 200 people were killed and 200 injured in bombings, involving a fuel tanker and three cars, aimed at the Kurdish Yazidi sect in northern Iraq on 14 August...  The one clear solution
By Azmi Bishara
 Israel's conscious crimes
By Jonathan Cook
Flying by the seat of our pants
Piecemeal management of crises will not lay the foundations for a stable and prosperous future, writes Gamil Mattar Islamist lessons in Turkey
Flexible and focussed on policy, Turkey's front-running Islamist party is a beacon for others in the Arab world, writes Amr Hamzawy The Riyadh challenge
Saudi leadership in the Arab world depends on forging a non-US based regional alliance, writes Ayman El-Amir A modest proposal
The Palestinians must jettison the false Fatah-Hamas divide and empower leaders that can save their aspirations from the abyss, writes Sharif Elmusa Priorities of conflict
Arab intellectuals must understand that the entirety of the Arab world is under attack, writes Galal Nassar |
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