Changing the gavel
Mamdouh Mohieddin Mar'ie was sworn in by President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday as the new head of the Supreme Constitutional Court...

Uncertain roads ahead
The region remains in flux as its hotbeds of political turmoil continue to simmer, writes Nevine Khalil

NDP doing damage control
With its first annual conference less than a month away, the ruling NDP is facing an unprecedented attack on both political and economic grounds. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Just business?
Political blowback from a recruitment campaign for security personnel in Iraq has caused the government to suspend it indefinitely. Omayma Abdel-Latif reports

Mystery in our midst
Jailan Halawi explores the mysterious disappearance of prominent journalist Reda Hilal

Rethinking militancy
Why has the change of heart on the part of Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiya's jailed leaders been given such extensive press coverage? Jailan Halawi investigates

Renewed brawling at the Bar
A dispute over a newly formed Bar Association committee has further highlighted the serious rift between Nasserists and Islamists in the association's council. Mona El-Nahhas reports

Spinning Nefertiti
A British Egyptologist who claims to have identified the mummy of the legendary Queen Nefertiti is accused of breaking the Supreme Council of Antiquities' protocol. Nevine El-Aref reports

Back to Cairo?
The Egyptian Writers' Union is torn between members who want the regional union to return to Egypt from Syria, and those who say it should remain in its current home. Rania Khallaf investigates