Opening many diplomatic fronts
Egyptian diplomacy picks up in the shadow of Israel's provocative actions that all but push the roadmap off the table, writes Nevine Khalil

Housing for all
On Sunday in Sixth of October City President Hosni Mubarak presented several young Egyptians leases for their newly purchased low-budget housing units in several new community cities...

Securing the skies
Air Force Commander Lt Gen Magdi Sha'rawi spoke to Amira Ibrahim about the continued development and modernisation of his troops

Mare Nostrum
The concept of inter-cultural dialogue between European Union and Mediterranean Basin countries was stressed at a top-level conference this week in Alexandria. Gamal Nkrumah attended

Towards a better future
This week Mrs Suzanne Mubarak pursued an agenda promoting health care and cultural awareness...

'Serious' national dialogue
Opposition parties have demanded guarantees that the NDP's initiative for a proposed national dialogue is serious, comprehensive and fruitful. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Testing the waters
A coalition of political parties and human rights activists plans to submit an agenda of political reforms to President Mubarak. Gihan Shahine investigates the prospects

Italy and Egypt meet online
So you want to migrate? Click here. Nyier Abdou looks at an innovative project aiding Egyptians seeking foreign employment

Separate lives
In just two weeks, two pairs of Egyptian conjoined twins -- one in the US and the other in Saudi Arabia -- have been surgically separated. Reem Nafie investigates

'Remarkable' restoration
After decades of negligence, Alexandria's exquisite European-style Sayed Darwish Theatre has been restored. Nevine El-Aref took a look

Newsreel
Hundreds of university students staged campus protests on Tuesday against Israeli raids in the Gaza Strip and Syria. A peaceful rally at Ain Shams University ended with an appeal to Arab heads of state to respond to the latest Israeli attacks...