When the distinguished Arab-American scholar and passionate proponent of the Palestinian cause Edward Said died three weeks before the convening of the second conference of the Arab novel in Cairo the organisers -- the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and its Supreme Council for Culture -- announced that this round of the conference would be dedicated to his memory. Sonallah Ibrahim's dramatic last act finally made sense of the last minute dedication of the second conference on the Arab novel to Edward Said, writes Mona Anis
Has the Arab world ever really understood the relation between state and nation? Azmi Bishara seeks answers in the collapse of political society in Iraq
Ephraim Nimni / PHRC The decision of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies to use considerable political influence to boycott the award of the peace prize to Dr. Hanan Ashrawi is not only indefensible and extreme, but also reckless in that it jeopardises the position of Australian Jews in this country's multicultural mosaic. Ephraim Nimni examines the repercussions of the poorly informed campaign.
Peter Beaumont / The Guardian Israel has been described as the top threat to world peace, ahead of North Korea, Afghanistan and Iran, by an unpublished European Commission poll of 7,500 Europeans, sparking an international row.
Ed O'Loughlin / SMH The chief of Israel's defence forces has sparked a row with the Government by telling journalists that harsh Israeli security policies were provoking despair among Palestinians and would lead to more terrorism.
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