Six years on, Iraqis confront the tragedy of the US invasion amid spiralling violence, writes Salah Hemeid

Attempts by France Telecom to take over Orascom Telecom Holding's shares in MobiNil turned sour this week, reports Niveen Wahish

Not much anger on the day, writes Shaden Shehab

NDP sources expect the individual candidacy system to apply to parliamentary elections in 2010, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

The Middle East, Egypt included, will see a sequence of visits among leaders involved in the management of the Arab-Israeli struggle, Dina Ezzat reports

Legendary beauty Nefertiti may have had wrinkles after all. Nevine El-Aref reviews the evidence

Alexandria Judges' Club is more divided than ever, reports Mona El-Nahhas

Reem Leila reports on progress in replacing Egypt's fleet of ageing taxis

Neither PR, the PA nor the US will help Likud, predicts Khaled Amayreh in occupied East Jerusalem

Palestinian dialogue talks break up without agreement, leaving ordinary Palestinians bewildered and tired. Is unity possible, asks Saleh Al-Naami

Anayat Durrani heard a fiery speech in California defying US complicity with Israeli war crimes

President Obama's first encounter with Iraqis looks eerily like his predecessor's visits, argues Saif Nasrawi

Omayma Abdel-Latif in Beirut assesses the party platforms of Lebanese politicians

Turkey and Iran are the two centres of gravity emerging to shape increasingly complex regional power struggles, writes Mustafa El-Labbad

What is Jonathan Scott Gration doing in Sudan? Gamal Nkrumah searches for plausible answers

GPS devices and services have finally been legalised in Egypt, reports Niveen Wahish

Countering the adverse effects of the global financial crisis on Egypt is what the government alleges to be the main focus of the new budget for 2009/2010, Gamal Essam El-Din examines these claims

For Egypt's garment exports to the US the sky's the limit, but weak labour performance is holding the sector back

Gamal Nkrumah muses on a striking parallel -- Europe is to America as Bush is to Obama

Safavid Iran is the focus of this spring's major exhibition at the British Museum in London, as is the dynasty's greatest ruler, Shah Abbas, writes David Tresilian

Nehad Selaiha hails a visiting play from Scotland

Ahmed Darwish reviews the life of one of Egypt's most distinguished calligraphers

What is environmental justice and how can it be incorporated into demands for a better environment in Egypt? Sharif Elmusa and Hoda Baraka explain

Carrying out routine paperwork in some government offices can be an apparently endless task. Riham Adel tried oiling the wheels

Egypt were placed in Group A in the 17th FIFA U-20 World Cup. Inas Mazhar reports from Luxor, venue of the draw

Steffi Graf's former coach came to Egypt to help propel our tennis players to higher world rankings, reports Ghada Abdel-Kader