Reaching across the divide
Cairo witnessed a week of intense contacts between peace process players. Nevine Khalil and Soha Abdelaty report

Re-invigorating the ruling
Economic issues look set to top the NDP's Higher Council for Policies agenda. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Islamists point parliamentary guns
Islamist MPs are readying for a renewed offensive on the government for alleged impiety. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Renewed scrutiny of militant exile
Wanted by Egypt, London-based Islamist Yasser Serri has been linked to even more terror-related wrongdoing back home. Jailan Halawi investigates

Planning post-Saddam
In hope of becoming Iraq's new leaders, key Iraqi opposition groups are meeting next week in London to map a strategy for post-Saddam Iraq, writes Salah Hemeid

Terror talk
As the explosion targeting Israeli tourists in Mombasa agitates Israeli vengefulness, Israel's rhetoric becomes closer to Bin Laden's, writes Jonathan Cook from

Close call in Kenya
Attacks in Kenya on an Israeli airliner and an Israeli-owned hotel focus attention once again on the African link in the United States-led war against terror, writes Gamal Nkrumah

The real threat?
While Jordanian Islamists working in electoral politics appear to be a powerful force, Galal Nassar, in Amman, wonders whether the kingdom's more violent Islamist trend is as formidable as security agencies claim

Delhi versus Srinagar?
Last week's massacre in Kashmir has cast a shadow over the policies of Mufti Mohammed Sayeed's state government. But is India's BJP-led central government exploiting this incident to further its own political agenda, ask Murad Bukhari and Sudhanshu Ranjan from New Delhi

Pakistan under pressure
Pakistan's new government is facing serious teething problems, reports Iffat Malik from Islamabad

Kissinger, the investigator
Is Kissinger the right man to get behind the security failures which led to 9/11, asks Ayman El-Amir

Respecting the other
Thomas Ford examines how race, ethnicity and the push for quick justice in the US has affected domestic law enforcement and immigration

"No such thing as the status quo"
Former US envoy to the Middle East Dennis Ross speaks to Khaled Dawoud about his views on Iraq, the collapse of the peace process, and Saudi-US relations

A mobile job
Dena Rashed finds that mobile phones in Egypt do more than just connect people; they provide jobs

Cookies and new wardrobes
Prayers, cookies, and fish on the side. Amina Elbendary rejoices as the nation kneads stuffed dough and forgets, for three days, its budget worries