Amani Maged reviews the confluences and fault-lines engineered by the plethora of Islamist factions

The military council has prepared a comprehensive plan to secure the voting process. It remains to be seen whether it will make the voters feel safer, Amirah Ibrahim reports

Mohamed Abdel-Baky reports on the progress of a new generation of parliamentary candidates

The forthcoming parliamentary elections will seal the fate of the old Egyptian political party system, but will they lead to the establishment of a new majority party, asks Salah Eissa

Mona El-Nahhas profiles some of the newly founded liberal and leftist parties running in the forthcoming parliamentary elections

There's no shortage of options for former NDP members looking for a new home, writes Gamal Essam El-Din

In the absence of any ideological agreement, electoral coalitions that emerged in the months preceding the elections are held together by little beyond political opportunism, reports Doaa El-Bey

The number of Copts standing in the parliamentary elections is relatively small, reports Reem Leila

Unlike the last parliament which reserved 64 seats for women, the quota has been scrapped for the upcoming parliamentary elections, Reem Leila reports

While Egyptian civil society expects to play a major role in safeguarding parliamentary elections it is unclear how it will meet the challenges involved, reports Mohamed Abdel-Baky

Not everyone will be heading to polling stations come election day. Reluctant non-voters tell Rasha Sadek of their security concerns

The economic policies of the Mubarak regime were "on the right track" says a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood. So does the group have anything new to add? Sherine Abdel-Razek investigates

The economic component of the various parties' election campaigns leaves a lot to be desired, reports Niveen Wahish

Although the Supreme Elections Committee has set a maximum of LE500,000 for election campaign spending, this ceiling is not being respected, reports Nesma Nowar

The official website of the Supreme Elections Committee is where you can get the most reliable information about the polling centres and voting procedures, reports Nader Habib

For the first time in living memory Egyptian expatriates are able to vote in domestic elections. Al-Ahram Weekly samples their opinions, writes Nader Habib

Popular committees are back, this time to protect the rights of voters to choose their candidates, Nesmahar Sayed reports