While the US and Egypt mostly agree on what the Middle East should look like, how to get there is another matter, writes Dina Ezzat

Egypt and Saudi Arabia will not be connected by a bridge over the Red Sea, reports Dina Ezzat

The recent arbitrary arrest and detention of nine Sudanese refugees is inexcusable, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Candidate lists for next month's Shura Council elections will be monopolised by the NDP, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Pierre Loza reports on last week's sectarian violence in the Giza village of Bimha

Is the health sector being prepared for a major overhaul, asks Karim El-Khashab

The skyrocketing popularity of young preacher Amr Khaled has ranked him among the world's top 100 most influential people -- and, ironically, the most controversial back home. Gihan Shahine explores the two sides of the coin

Serene Assir reports from Talkha as women at a Daqahliya garment manufacturing plant take action to secure almost a decade's worth of unpaid bonuses

Engineer Mohamed Saber admits to contacts with Mossad agents but denies he was spying for Israel. Jailan Halawi attends the opening of Egypt's latest espionage trial