Egyptian diplomacy seems willing to walk the extra mile to secure an Israeli commitment to peace requirements, Dina Ezzat writes

The People's Assembly was the scene of major debates over the sudden warmth in Egyptian-Israeli relations, next month's national dialogue, and a recent anti-NDP rally. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

US pressure to block the publication of the Arab Human Development Report will fail, the report's chief author tells Omayma Abdel-Latif

A new Egyptian centre for strategic studies is promising solutions to many of the country's problems. Magda El-Ghitany reports

The controversy surrounding the alleged conversion of a priest's wife to Islam has not ended with her return to the church. Gihan Shahine asks why