A harmonious protest
Have the large government-sanctioned anti-war rallies of the past week managed to calm the tension between the government and political activists? Gihan Shahine gauges the mood

The sound of civil silence
Why hasn't civil society been able to mobilise public action against the war? Aziza Sami looks behind fences

Focus on Iraq
The war on Iraq -- and its ramifications in different spheres -- dominated parliamentary discussions this week. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Secret vote
A somewhat sudden by-election in Abdeen strips the sole Liberal Party MP of his parliamentary seat

Bibliotheca blaze stopped in time
A fire at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina was quickly contained. Finding the cause, reports Dena Rashed , may take longer

Newsreel
On 27 February, the Sohag Criminal Court sentenced two men to prison and acquitted 93 others, in the retrial of the so-called "Al-Kosheh" case involving Muslim-Coptic Christian clashes...