A new life in the South
A galaxy of prominent official and public figures, led by President Mubarak, paid a visit to the Toshka land reclamation project in the south-western desert. Nevine Khalil joined the gathering
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The whisper of Islamic ceramics
Mrs Suzanne Mubarak inaugurated a museum for Islamic ceramics, the first in the Middle East. Rania Khallaf attended the première
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A passage to Russia
Arab-Russian relations in a world dominated by the United States was the subject of debate at a well-attended symposium held in Cairo this week |
Slammin
the bare facts
Opposition parties hit the government's policy statement hard. Gamal Essam El-Din reports
Investigators on the witness stand
Six state security investigators testified before the Supreme Military Court trying suspected members of the underground Jihad group. Shaden Shehab listened to their testimony
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Globalisation with
a 'human face'
On the strategic Egyptian-American relations and a new geopolitically-aware globalism, former Member of Parliament Mona Makram Ebeid spoke to Aziza Sami |
'We cannot eat grass'
Once again, government plans to develop and beautify Cairo are at the centre of a clash of interests. Fatemah Farag encountered the contradictions as she walked the alleyways of Al-Fawakhir
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Desert Fox warning
The chief of the US Central Command, in Cairo this week for talks on US-Egyptian military cooperation, warned at a press conference that Iraq's defiance of the no-fly zones could expose it to yet another 'total air strike'. Galal Nassar attended
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Renewing stability
Before the Cairo Book Fair drew to a close, Osama El-Baz discussed with his audience delicate issues of domestic and foreign policy. Nevine Khalil joined the crowd
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A noble cause
Jody Williams, a Nobel peace laureate for her work to ban landmines worldwide, has visited the Al-Alamein minefields. Sahar El-Bahr was there
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The hero returns
Mahmoud El-Sawarka, Egypt's longest-serving prisoner in Israel, has finally returned home, following an outcry by human rights groups. Amira Howeidy travelled to Al-Arish to speak to Egypt's hero and Israel's sworn enemy
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Finally, a French university
A French university is about to be established in Egypt but, as Mariz Tadros reports, some critics question the need for it
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