The remaining batch of presidential candidates is provoking as much despondency as enthusiasm, reports Mohamed Abdel-Baky

Public opinion polls are playing a growing role in politics but how accurate are the results, asks Reem Leila

Islamist parties campaigned vigorously for a yes vote in the March 2011 referendum on the interim Constitutional Declaration. Now some of them wish they hadn't, writes Gamal Essam El-Din

Will Muslim Brotherhood intransigence split the Islamist vote, asks Amani Maged

Even if he cannot run for the presidency, Hazem Salah Abu Ismail represents a new and deep-running trend in Egyptian social and political life, writes Khalil El-Anani