The end of the tunnel
By Fayza Hassan
Things that go howl in the night
Injy El-Kashef bites the silver bullet
The word is not enough
Amina Elbendary sneaks in on a seminar discussing the images of women propagated by the fourth estate
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From the archives:
The full coverage of the 1995 elections
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Shifting borders
Barak opened the new Knesset session promising unity among Israelis, peace to the Americans and war on Palestinians, writes Graham Usher from Jerusalem
Snipers, gunships and now death squads
As the Al-Aqsa Intifada enters its second month, the Israeli government is threatening to launch "a dirtier war" against Palestinians, Khaled Amayreh reports from Hebron
'Those times are over'
Leader or mastermind? Marwan Barghouti talks to Sherine Bahaa
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Ruling party 'out of touch'
Unprecedented losses in the ongoing parliamentary elections are raising question marks about the NDP's future, writes Gamal Essam El-Din
Against the odds
How did the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood manage to defy the odds stacked against them and achieve remarkable electoral gains? Omayma Abdel-Latif presses for answers
Electioneering's new face
What's new in campaign advertising in this year's parliamentary elections? Tarek Atia broaches some of the rumours surrounding the money spent by candidates on their ad campaigns and examines some of the new methods of self-promotion
Dead men don't vote
The Interior Ministry removed some 250,000 invalid names from voters lists -- mostly deceased and emigrants. But, as Khaled Dawoud discovers after touring polling stations in Sharqiya governorate, the ballot process still has some glitches
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Prized tolerance
 Pope Shenouda has been named UNESCO's man of tolerance for the year 2000. Omayma Abdel-Latif reports on a commitment that earned him an award intended to honour the memory of Mahatma Gandhi
Crashing waves
Al-Jazira, the controversial Qatari satellite news channel, was once again under Egyptian media fire. Nadia Abou El-Magd reports
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 Can you see a difference?
The US presidential candidates are running neck-to-neck. Less than a week to go, the choice is not yet clear for many Americans, writes Thomas Gorguissian from Washington
By the skin of their teeth
The result of Colombian provincial and municipal elections was a setback for the ruling Conservative Party, although the country's president is grateful that the elections were held at all, writes Hisham El-Naggar
Back to the future
The Internet is set to change our lives -- but not necessarily in the ways we expect. Frederick Bowie draws a lesson from history
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Building on the past
Compared to Mameluke architecture, the Ottomans' stone and mortar legacy has always ranked a pale second; but, says historian André Raymond, this is not an entirely fair judgment. Fayza Hassan listens to his arguments
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The militant strain
 Was the Carthage Film Festival an affirmation of the Euro-Arab connection or a major "south-south" solidarity pool? Hani Mustafa sums up the event, speaking to Lebanese filmmaker Jean Chamoun about his contribution
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