Protestors in Tahrir want rid of Egypt’s rulers, this time only days ahead of historic elections, Amira Howeidy reports

The initial love affair the public had with the ruling Armed Forces when they deployed into the cities 10 months ago has given way to loud mistrust. Where did things go wrong? Amirah Ibrahim reports

Nobody is sure who will accept becoming the next prime minister of Egypt at this critical juncture, but many want potential presidential candidate Mohamed El-Baradei, Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Police and army brutality triggers the second wave of Egypt's revolution, reports Khaled Dawoud

The Islamists, whose fortunes had been steadily rising, have found that their electoral assets have either plateaued or begun to dwindle as a consequence of their response to this week's events, Amani Maged reports

Violence in Tahrir Square is pushing Egyptian stocks to new all-time lows, Sherine Abdel-Razek sheds light on the losses of the economy at large

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

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

Clashes in Tahrir Square this week have led to the worst depreciation of the pound in eight years, reports Ahmed Kotb

The Yemeni president decided to attend the ceremony of ending his county's crisis in Riyadh. Will this finally end the crisis, asks Nasser Arrabyee

While the issue of the premiership remains contentious, signs are that Fatah and Hamas are inching towards reconciliation, slowly but surely, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Tunisia's new Islamist-leftist coalition government is well placed to achieve stability in the country, writes Lassaad Ben Ahmed from Tunis

As left-wing politician Moncef Marzouki is named new Tunisian president in a power-sharing deal with the Islamist Al-Nahda Party, what might the future hold from this perhaps unlikely combination, asks David Tresilian in Paris

The withdrawal of US troops from Iraq is supposed to herald a new beginning for the country, but bitter disputes over oil and territory might yet spoil the celebrations, writes Salah Nasrawi

Libya's NTC aims to avoid a mob justice end for Seif Al-Islam whose father urged him not to pity his gruesome fate, notes Gamal Nkrumah

The economic sanctions imposed against Syria are putting more and more pressure on the Al-Assad regime, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus

Will the Security Council deal with Al-Assad the same way as it dealt with Gaddafi, asks Graham Usher at the United Nations in New York

The author of many books on the Arab world and of a defense of European orientalism, the British writer Robert Irwin has recently published an intriguing autobiography. He spoke to David Tresilian in Paris

Delighted, Samir Farid writes from Thessaloniki

Unusual bravery or needless provocation? Salonaz Sami assesses the case of naked Egyptian blogger Aliaa Magda El-Mahdy

In the North African country, the Egyptian football team is hoping to qualify for London 2012. Ahmed Morsy reports