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[suarve]

Have you tried:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)$ brand.php?brand=$1 [L]

However, I'd personally do it as follows and have the /brands page displaying all pages:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^brands/([^/]*)$ brand.php?brand=$1 [L]

..and to show all brand you'd simply add

^brands show_all_brands.php$1