The government and the ruling NDP have mobilised to address Coptic grievances and contain repercussions from the terrorist attack on an Alexandrian church, Gamal Essam El-Din reports

The riots that have shaken Tunisia and spread to Algeria over recent weeks have sent shock waves across the Arab world

The People's Assembly launched a scathing attack against the European Parliament accusing it of disseminating false reports about the "repression of Christians" in Egypt, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Two weeks after the New Year's Eve attack on the Two Saints Church in Alexandria and there is no end in sight to the investigations, reports Mohamed Abdel-Baky

For the second time in 10 days President Hosni Mubarak has underlined constitutional commitments to equality between Muslims and Copts, reports Dina Ezzat

Egyptian and international efforts to put the peace process back on track flounder in the face of Israeli intransigence, reports Doaa El-Bey

An engineering firm that has carried out repairs to the White House and Windsor Castle is to help rectify earthquake damage to the Step Pyramid. Jenny Jobbins reports from Wales

The incidence of swine flu infections remains within the expected range, Reem Leila reports

Escalating protests against unemployment and prices should impress upon Arab leaders the need to integrate faster to promote growth, as they meet for their second Economic Summit, writes Niveen Wahish

The secession of south Sudan is all but guaranteed, but securing the vote for that outcome is the least of the challenges facing the southern Sudanese, writes Asmaa El-Husseini in Juba

Ismail Kushkush lends his ears to the testimonies of two women from southern and northern Sudan. Their words reflect the dilemma facing many Sudanese pondering how their lives will be altered by the likely outcome of the referendum deciding the future of the south and the whole country

Ethnic tensions and the scramble for oil reserves forewarn of a looming confrontation in Abyei and adjacent borderline areas between northern and southern Sudan, cautions Gamal Nkrumah

The US is hoping for a peaceful birth for Africa's newest state. Is Khartoum, asks Graham Usher

Sherine Abdel-Razek considers the effect south Sudan's referendum outcome may have on local and neighbouring economies

Despite prior condemnations, Israel is pressing ahead with demolitions as it continues to colonise East Jerusalem and the West Bank, writes Khaled Amayreh

All signs are that Israel will attack Gaza again; only the timing is yet to be decided, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Whatever his sugar-coated rhetoric might suggest, radical Iraqi cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr is not set on moderation, writes Salah Hemeid

Despite other disagreements, all Iraqi forces want the next Arab summit to take place in Baghdad, reports Dina Ezzat

Gbagbo has so far defied international pressure to resign, but he now shows tentative signs of relenting, writes Gamal Nkrumah

The new face of Congress has two mouths. One talks the talk, the other talks the walk, says Anayat Durrani

Mohammad Rabie, Kawkab 'Anbar, Cairo: Kotob Khan, 2010
Review and interview by Youssef Rakha

The Masar Gallery in Zamalek is to host a retrospective exhibition of the works of the veteran artist George Bahgory. Rania Khallaf reports

Osama Kamal attends an evening of poetry to commemorate the venerable Salah Jahin

With an international conference on Pyramid Science taking place in Cairo tomorrow, it appears the sky may not be the limit for the Egyptian Association for Pyramid and Health Information Science and Research, writes Sahar El-Bahr

Egypt take on Kenya while DR Congo face Uganda in the semi-finals of the inaugural Nile Basin Tournament, Inas Mazhar reports