Silence the fanatics While everyone is to blame, not just the government, for letting sectarian hatred fester in Egypt, now everyone must act to end it, writes Amr Hamzawy
What next? Egyptian planners should not get het up about developments in Tunisia, but should stick to the path of reform and development calmly undertaken, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
Double standards on the Tunisian uprising After years of supporting the regime of Zein Al-Abidine Bin Ali, the West's belated support for the Tunisian uprising smacks of double standards, says Mohamed El-Mokhtar Sidi Haiba
New generation revolution In Tunisia and across the Arab world what is happening is a clash between the youth and its dreams and ossified, stagnant elites, writes Azmi Ashour
Listening to the Arab street Change has finally come to the Middle East; the big powers will ignore it at their peril, writes Aijaz Zaka Syed
A roadmap to justice In the wake of US failures to bring peace to the Middle East, there is a need for new ideas and for a new commitment to justice, says William Cook
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Editorial:
Testing times
Close up:
A Tunisian debacle
By Salama A Salama
Soapbox:
The rise and fall of empires
By Samir Sobhi
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