The square is again full of protesters, leaving political forces scrambling, so far unsuccessfully, to capitalise on the return to street politics. Will it be a storm in a teacup? Amira Howeidy seeks answers

The stand-off between the Muslim Brotherhood and other political parties -- SCAF included -- over the constituent assembly, is expected to come to a head today, writes Gamal Essam El-Din

The end of the "trial of the century" heralds fresh turmoil, writes Gamal Essam El-Din

Reem Leila provides a brief rundown of the people acquitted in Judge Ahmed Refaat's loaded verdict in what had been dubbed "the trial of the century"

Protests in Tahrir are unlikely to stop the presidential election process. Instead they will highlight the deep divisions and mistrust between the Muslim Brotherhood and secular political parties, writes Khaled Dawoud

On Friday 1 June representatives from across the political spectrum signed a document they called the Pledge...

After 30 years, the state of emergency has finally come to an end, Dina Ezzat reports

Recent developments are making Egypt's economic outlook more blurred than it already is, writes Niveen Wahish

In an unprecedented move, Israeli officials own up to a cyber attack targeting Iran. But why, asks Saleh Al-Naami

Mubarak's Egypt backed Fatah against Hamas. Now, the shoe is on the other foot as Egypt goes to the polls to choose a president, writes Khaled Amayreh in Hebron

Al-Qaeda has been stepping up suicide attacks in response to US and Yemeni army actions against it, writes Nasser Arrabyee

Damascus and Aleppo businessmen went on strike this week in a possible rehearsal of civil disobedience aiming at overthrowing the Syrian regime, reports Bassel Oudat in Damascus

Russia's continued support for the Syrian regime has been leading some Western countries to threaten military intervention even without UN Security Council authorisation, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus

The need for funds is at its greatest even as corrupt officials siphon off millions of petro-dollars in South Sudan and scurry off to Ethiopia for talks on Abyei with Khartoum, writes Gamal Nkrumah

The oil boom in Iraq is deepening ethnic divisions in the country and inflaming regional power struggles, writes Salah Nasrawi

Reinvigorated international support led by Turkey in Somalia has been welcomed wholeheartedly but could signal Istanbul's desire to exert its influence in the Horn of Africa, writes Sayed Abdel-Maguid

Gamal Nkrumah finds that powerful local militias are curiously and simultaneously undermining Libya's nascent democracy process and strengthening the concept of social justice

Ati Metwaly contributes to revolution

Heaven on Earth: A Journey Through Sharia Law from the Deserts of Ancient Arabia to the Streets of the Modern Muslim World, Sadakat Kadri, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012
Reviewed by Eric Walberg

Xenia Nokolskaya's photographs on show at the Townhouse Gallery evoke an Egypt that is gone but not yet forgotten. Osama Kamal reports

The Words of Women project has been documenting the contributions made by Egypt's women to last year's 25 January Revolution, writes Omneya Youssry

Egyptians travel to Guinea today for the second clash in their bid to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, reports Ahmed Morsy