Next week sees the anniversary of the July 1952 Revolution, the first to take place under a president from the formerly outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, writes Amani Maged

With the Brotherhood engaged in a cordial dance with Washington, next week marks the 1952 Revolution anniversary, from which Nasser arose, in contrast standing firm against encroaching US hegemony, writes Galal Nassar

Lieutenant General Mohamed Fawzi, former minister of war, was the chief of general staff of the Egyptian forces in June 1967, during what is known as the five-day war...

Nasser's Egypt dealt with Africa on an equal footing, neither master nor muse, and ironically Mursi, under pressure to show his hand, now has a great deal to learn from the late Egyptian legendary president and discard Mubarak's outmoded and obsolete lack of an African policy. Curious coincidences on a continental scale, contends Gamal Nkrumah

Egypt's artists responded enthusiastically to the programme announced by the 1952 Revolution, the state generously supporting them in return, writes Nagwa El-Ashry