The original sin committed by ousted former president Hosni Mubarak did not lie in the corruption and nepotism that flourished under his regime. Instead it lay in his failure to designate a successor, argues Ahmed El-Tonsi

While it has captured the popular imagination in Egypt and abroad, the trial of ousted former president Hosni Mubarak may not be in the best interests of the revolution, writes Nath Aldalala'a