A historic display
On sunday, President Hosni Mubarak and Mrs Suzanne Mubarak inaugurated a museum documenting the history of Alexandria, amid much festivity, writes Nevine El-Aref

Illiteracy revisited
A major new project aiming to significantly reduce illiteracy has just been launched. Reem Nafie examines its chances of success

Al-Azhar on air
The idea of Al-Azhar University launching its own Islamic satellite channel is not everyone's cup of tea. Rania Khallaf reports

Both sides of the fence
A demolition order for a fence built around St Anthony's Monastery has local government and the church hurling accusations at each other. Dena Rashed reports

A confusing fatwa
A senior Al-Azhar cleric is in hot water for issuing a fatwa against the US-appointed Iraqi Governing Council. Mona El-Nahhas investigates

Veiled disease
Government assurances that an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever has been contained offered cold comfort to victims and their families, as Reem Nafie found out in Kafr Al-Sheikh

Newsreel
Egypt condemned the 29 August bombing in Najaf, which killed Mohamed Baqir Al-Hakim, the chairman of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq...