Probing times

Links in the void
In Davos Foreign Minister Amr Moussa spoke to Gamil Ibrahim about the future of Middle East economic cooperation

Courting sympathies
Foreign Minister Amr Moussa stops in at key European capitals to lobby for EU support in matters of regional stability. Dina Ezzat reviews the tour

Still no answers
While families of the victims of the EgyptAir flight 990 crash are receiving insurance money, the airliner, as Amira Ibrahim reports, is not accepting responsibility for the tragedy

The greatest investment
MRS SUZANNE Mubarak attended a celebration on Monday marking the 10th anniversary of the Reading for All Festival. The event, organised by the Ministry of Culture at the Cairo International Conference Centre, commemorated the programme's achievements in the field of reading, writing and publishing of books for all ages, as well as the establishment of new libraries in all the governorates of Egypt. --read on--

Prison limelight
Human rights organisations and Egyptian literati are rallying around a little-known writer branded an apostate. Jailan Halawi sounds out cries of book-banning and blasphemy

Stop the press!
Women's rights organisations say their cause is hampered by weak and erratic coverage by the media. Amany Abdel-Moneim listens in as feminists dig at the roots of gender stereotypes

By his own hand?
The production of a controversial film delving into the relationship between the late President Gamal Abdel-Nasser and his top aide, Abdel-Hakim Amer, is facing problems. Mona El-Nahhas investigates

Men in black
The domino effect
Wasted space
Security at last
Prominent cinema-maker dies
Hard times for Nasserists