A Challenging session
If President Mubarak's keynote speech at parliament's inauguration is anything to go by, the People's Assembly and Shura Council have their work cut out for them. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

In the face of calamity
As attempts to salvage a hopelessly deteriorating regional situation continue, Nevine Khalil reports on Cairo's reading of the state of the region

A fuzzy map
Though Cairo was encouraged by a modified American peace plan, the path ahead of this particular road map remains murky. Soha Abdelatyreports

Obituary
A man of peace
Salah Bassiouni (1931-2002)

Brothers in succession

Obituary
The iron sheikh
Mustafa Mashhour (1921-2002)

New man at the helm

Ma'moun El-Hodeibi is described by most observers as the mastermind of most of the changes in the Muslim Brotherhood's doctrine that have taken place over the past 10 years..--read on--