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Opening old files
The licensing of Egypt's first mobile phone network four years ago was subject to parliamentary debate this week. Gamal Essam El-Din listened in
Ripe time for new faces
Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher's four-day trip to Washington will not be a joy ride, writes Tarek Atia
Getting down to Shura business
Following three-stage elections, the Shura Council will hold procedural sessions next week to elect a speaker and two deputies and swear in new members, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
Parties won't back women
None of the 35 women who ran in the Shura Council elections managed to win a seat in the house. As Reem Leila reports, they blame their failure on the lack of political party support
 Tabloids' outrageous toll
Mixing sex, religion and crime to boost the circulation of a tabloid has triggered a crisis that dealt a dangerous blow to national unity and press freedom. Shaden Shehab reports on the fallout
Unprecedented show of Coptic anger
Thousands of Copts, for the first time ever, have staged angry protest demonstrations at the Coptic Cathedral in Abbasiya, disrupting traffic for three consecutive days. Nadia Abou El-Magd was there
Did hisba ever go away?
Contrary to all expectations, Cairo's Civil Affairs Court decided to hear a case against prominent feminist Nawal El-Saadawi which seeks to force her separation from her husband on the grounds that she insulted Islam, reports Khaled Dawoud
June signing
The long-anticipated signing of the Egypt-EU partnership agreement, scheduled for next week, will come as a relief to officials on both sides of the Mediterranean, reports Niveen Wahish from Brussels
Gama'a asserts cease-fire position
Osama Rushdi, described by the Interior Ministry as one of its 14 most wanted terrorists, has renewed an appeal for peace between government and militants. Rushdi spoke to Khaled Dawoud at his exile in the Hague
A question of intent
"Criminal complicity" stipulated in article 48 of the Penal Code was struck down by the Supreme Constitutional Court. But, as Rana Allamreports, an avenue of appeal exists
Will it work?
In preparation for the opening of the Al-Azhar tunnel, officials are experimenting with a new plan to streamline traffic in the city centre. Gihan Shahine wonders whether tunnelling under the Fatimids is the answer to Cairo's endemic traffic ills
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