As the ruling NDP sails to an election victory in local council elections, critics argue whether the overwhelming win was democracy's gain or loss, Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Tuesday's local elections could usher Egypt's local administration system into a new age, writes Gamal Essam El-Din

A law banning public demonstrations at places of worship angered the opposition, reports Mona El-Nahhas

The death of eight patients due to open-heart surgery at one of Egypt's main cardiac centres caused a panic, Reem Leila investigates

Calls for a general strike on Sunday were neither heeded en masse nor ignored. What, then, can be said about the confusing developments, asks Dina Ezzat

After two days of demonstrations calm has returned to the industrial town of Mahala Al-Kubra, reports Faiza Rady

Magda El-Ghitany watches as new modes of technology are used as tools for political mobilisation