While parliament debates the composition of the constitutional committee to draft the backbone of the state, Amani Maged anticipates heated discussion

A case of mistaken identity? Gamal Nkrumah attempts to decipher the person behind a top terrorist named Seif Al-Adl

Mossad is the source of all evil according to the Turkish media. Sayed Abdel-Maguid looks at the evidence

Although parliament gave the thumbs up for legislative changes promoting more transparent presidential polls, the election commission's decisions remain final. Gamal Essam El-Din reports on the People's Assembly and the Shura Council's election of its first Islamist chairman

If all goes as planned Egypt should have its first freely elected president by 1 July, Dina Ezzat reports

Are recent assaults on presidential candidates as politically unmotivated as the Ministry of Interior would have us believe, asks Jailan Halawi

The panel of judges of the trial of 43 Egyptian and foreign NGO workers withdrew from the case causing more controversy on US-Egyptian relations, reports Mohamed Abdel-Baky

The constitutionality of the new People's Assembly is called into question, reports Mona El-Nahhas

A long-awaited draft law organising university affairs will be finalised in the next few weeks. Reem Leila sifts through the main articles

By Mahmoud Murad

The first two months of the year witnessed a bullish trend in the local stock market. Sherine Abdel-Razek looks at which traded stocks managed to maintain the gains

As the Syrian army continues its campaign against the city of Homs, opposition activists say that a thousand such campaigns would not douse the revolution, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus

Syria has become the backdrop for a showdown between Russia and the US in the Middle East and a proxy for superpowers seeking to settle old scores and exercise influence, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus

Imperialism and foreign intervention top the discussion at the Save Syria conference at Egypt's Doctors Syndicate, reports Osman El-Sharnoubi

The international community must put pressure on Syria to join the Arab Spring, writes Hisham Ahmed

Neither protection nor dialogue were the outcomes of last week's Friends of Syria meeting, reports Dina Ezzat

Israeli attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque and attempts to Judaise Jerusalem are risking the outbreak of violence across the region, writes Khaled Amayreh in the occupied Palestinian territories

Differences between Fatah and Hamas on Palestinian reconciliation may see the Doha Declaration put on the back burner, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Al-Qaeda is alive and well thanks to US policy in the region, and its rising attacks raise a truly terrifying spectre, writes Salah Nasrawi

Khamis Gaddafi is miraculously resuscitated and the Libyan political engine is spluttering away, recollects Gamal Nkrumah

Yemen's new elected President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi is facing at least four major challenges, predicts Nasser Arrabyee

Testimonials of Islamists in Sudan reveal problems that they experienced in political practice, says Asmaa El-Husseini

Profile and plans: Ati Metwaly talks to Ines Abdel Dayem

Hani Mustafa attends the opening round of the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF)

To witness the birth of a cultural event, writes Soha Hesham, is an intriguing experience

Osama Kamal visits an idyllic children's world and finds it is not all that far from home

Online custom-baking has been increasing in Egypt, thanks to Facebook and other social-networking sites, says Aya Sayed

Nada Barakat explores the world of voluntary work

Egypt's national football team is training and playing in Qatar, reports Ahmed Morsy