Will Moscow host a Middle East peace conference later this year? Dina Ezzat looks for answers

South African newspaper reports claiming that Egyptian footballers had a romp with South African female companions triggered a firestorm. Inas Mazhar reports from South Africa

Egypt is unfazed by Israel's intransigence, Dina Ezzat reports

While People's Assembly Speaker Fathi Sorour praised a full crop of new legislation, opposition MPs were more concerned about what parliament has left undone, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Will swine flu lead to the omra being cancelled? Reem Leila assesses the possibilities

What happens when you suspect your child is suffering from H1N1? Alaa Abdel-Ghani was forced to go where you wouldn't normally want to set foot

Egypt takes precautionary measures as plague fears grow along its western border, reports Reem Leila

Three weeks after it elected a new council the Bar Association seems to be slipping into the same bad habits, reports Mona El-Nahhas

Doaa El-Bey reviews reaction to the US state department's Trafficking in Persons Report 2009

Egypt is taking its first steps towards reviving its national nuclear power programme for peaceful purposes, Sherine Nasr reports

Interest rates are down to single digit figures, but has that affected the market significantly? Niveen Wahish finds out

Hamas astuteness means it's no longer clear who's chasing who, argues Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah

Israel's obsession with nuclear weapons reveals just how ephemeral the Zionist project is, discovers Saleh Al-Naami

Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Aziz Duweik, just released from an Israeli detention centre, has called for "immediate reconciliation" between Fatah and Hamas, saying the rift between the two factions was inflicting incalculable damage on the Palestinian national cause. Khaled Amayreh talked to Duweik in Ramallah

Have Twitter and social media been co-opted to replace a more conventional attack on Iran, asks Amira Howeidy

Iran's revolution continues to fascinate and surprise the world, Mustafa El-Labbad reports

Alireza Doostdar provides insight into the schism that threatens to break apart Iranian society

In Beirut Omayma Abdel-Latif meets Hizbullah's second most powerful official to gauge his reactions to recent developments both in Lebanon and Iran

Uncertainty looms large in Iraq, writes Salah Hemeid

A new world is being born, one without the US dollar greasing the wheels of commerce, notes Eric Walberg

Nehad Selaiha hails the 10th Egyptian International Modern Dance Festival which opened at the Opera House on 16 June

Clowns Without Borders and the Egyptian street theatre company Al-Khayal Al-Shaabi have been cheering up children in Cairo's most culturally unprivileged areas. Ghada Abdel-Kader watched them perform

After last week's inauguration of the Cairo International Modern Dance Festival at the Opera House, Rania Khallaf interviews artistic director Walid Aouni

India as an idea is fast gaining momentum. But what is India, asks Gamal Nkrumah

After its disappointing defeat against the USA at the FIFA Confederations Cup, the Egyptian national team has its eyes focussed on the Rwanda World Cup qualifier on 5 July. Inas Mazhar reports from South Africa