Dangerous currents
Could the anticipated total halt to the peace process allow for Iraq's come back? Dina Ezzat examines the possibilities

Lawyers wary of sudden 'liberation'
They've fought long and hard for the right to hold elections, but lawyers at the Bar Association are scratching their heads over a swift decision to hold the long-awaited vote within days, reports Mona El-Nahhas

Sense and sensibility
Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, appearing before a committee of parliament, set out his ministry's policies on sex, Israel and intellectual freedom. Gamal Essam El-Din was there

Out of the classroom
MRS SUZANNE Mubarak opened the fifth University Students Week festival on Saturday, officially launching a week of sports competitions and cultural and social activities. This year's celebration, hosted by Al-Minya University, will host some 6,000 students from universities and higher institutes across the country for the event

Brotherhood MPs ready big guns
The outlawed Muslim Brotherhood is set to test, once again, the extent of government tolerance towards it. Omayma Abdel-Latif peers into the Brothers' parliamentary agenda

Kosheh file closed?
A long-awaited court ruling in the case of last year's episode of sectarian violence in Al-Kosheh has some Coptic leaders outraged. Jailan Halawi sifts through post-trial reactions

Irrational choices
Patriarchy reigns
No mad cows
Caution to the wind?
Hit-and-run

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