Can the new judicial law square the circle between the Judges' Club and the Supreme Judicial Council, asks Gamal Essam El-Din

The anniversary of 25 May sexual assaults against women activists was marked by local and international solidarity demonstrations and by security forces using ever more violent tactics against dissidents, reports Amira Howeidy

The Palestinian president's referendum call is one more distraction from the real struggle, reports Khaled Amayreh from Ramallah

Ehud Olmert achieved his goals in Washington -- if not now, then soon, writes Graham Usher

The People's Assembly and Shura Council are currently tackling major legislative and constitutional reforms, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Last week's Chambers of Commerce elections in Alexandria reflected official prejudice against the Muslim Brotherhood, reports Pierre Loza

The owner of the sunken ferry that claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people was only charged with a misdemeanour. Magda El-Ghitany wonders if he will even make it to court

The US-led imperial project in Iraq has done everything possible to foment strife and chaos and to lay blame on Iraqis, writes Mohamed Hassan Al-Khalesi

Undercover Israeli troops hold the centre of Ramallah hostage in broad daylight, leaving a trail of injury and death in their wake, witnesses Erica Silverman

Merging the sales and income tax authorities into one entity could create, rather than solve, problems writes Sherine Nasr

Anti-Americanism has set Kabul alight while Mogadishu counts the hours as the US-backed Anti-Terror Alliance loses ground to militant Islamists, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Hala Halim remembers Dea Al-Saqqaf (1919-2006)

Kevin Dwyer reflects on the work of Cynthia Nelson, and takes stock of the American University in Cairo's commemorative initiatives

Dena Rashed watches as the long-awaited resolution of Hind El-Hinnawi's paternity law suit casts a dubious shadow on society

Rania Gaafar sees the legal outcome of a divorce in exile as a lifelong tragedy

Amany Abdel-Moneim checks out the doll market's latest star

Restaurant review by Gamal Nkrumah

by Youssef Rakha