From shoulder shrugs and defensive humour to smiles and laughter: Sarah Blakemore shares her experience of the Egyptian revolution

There is a Russian proverb: only a fool learns from his own mistakes. As Georgia's foreign minister visits his Egyptian counterpart, there are lessons for Egypt in the colour revolutions of eastern Europe and the ex-Soviet Union, notes Eric Walberg

Few of the country's religious groups supported the protests leading to the Egyptian revolution, with many of them being opposed and revealing the limits of their version of contestation, write Hossam Tammam and Patrick Haenni

Al-Azhar's stance during the Egyptian revolution delivered a further blow to the institution's dwindling credibility, though this may be about to change, says Gihan Shahine