No pressure
Senior NDP officials vehemently denied that American pressure was playing a role in the party's recent political reform initiatives. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Calm before the storm?
Last week's parliamentary procedural meetings featured the resignation of a record number of MPs, and sharp attacks against the government

Salesman spy?
An Egyptian lawyer accused of offering to spy for Israel will be tried before a state security court. Jailan Halawi reports

To explain, not to embellish
In his first exclusive interview, Taha Abdel-Alim, the new head of the State Information Service, talks to Fatemah Farag about creating a credible media source

Blood in vain?
Rights groups are crying torture. But, asks Amira Howeidy, is anybody listening?

High time for patients' rights
Will a recent Doctors Syndicate endorsement of Egypt's first "Patients' Rights" document trigger more positive change for health care? Hala Sakr looks for answers

Newsreel
President Hosni Mubarak recently issued two presidential decrees granting Egyptian nationality to almost 1000 individuals with Egyptian mothers and foreign fathers, reports Reem Leila...