Campaign against torture
An anti-torture campaign featuring oral testimonies from victims began at the Press Syndicate this week. Amira Howeidy listens in

The long and winding roadmap
It will take more than diplomatic handshakes to convince Cairo that the roadmap will lead to peace any time soon. Nevine Khalil and Soha Abdelaty report

Unlearned lessons
The Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs' annual conference featured a great many recommendations concerning the need for a stronger, better-equipped Islamic world. Jailan Halawi reports

Fruitful exchanges
Mrs Suzanne Mubarak had a busy schedule in the British capital last week. On 6 May, she met with the Rt. Hon. Patricia Hewitt, the secretary of state for trade and industry and minister for women. The following day, Mrs Mubarak met with the Rt. Hon...

Giving voice to the voiceless
In a stirring speech delivered at the London School of Economics, Mrs Suzanne Mubarak said that world peace can only be achieved through education and understanding and that women had a central role to play in its realisation. Dahlia Hammouda attended

Engendering development
At a gathering hosted by the British chapter of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Mrs Suzanne Mubarak spoke of the role of women in a rapidly changing world and how Egypt has managed to integrate a gender perspective in its development policy

Debating the future
Gamal Mubarak's outspoken talk at the American University in Cairo last week has triggered a wide-ranging debate, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Wafd on the skids
Last week, Mahmoud El-Shazli became the fourth Wafdist MP to quit the party in just two years. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

No second in Brothers command
Members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood tell Omayma Abdel-Latif that rumours regarding the appointment of the group's new deputy supreme guide are unfounded

Newsreel
In an address celebrating Moulid Al-Nabi (Prophet Mohamed's birthday), President Hosni Mubarak said that as a result of an "incorrect image of Islam", many Muslim nations have been accused of supporting terrorism, threatening to use weapons of mass destruction, and committing human rights abuses and undemocratic acts...