Coptic support for Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi does not come without demands, writes Dina Ezzat
The presidential elections will be a two horse race. Gamal Essam El-Din reports
Ahmed Eleiba assesses the security status of Sinai
Algerians go to the polls today in the country’s presidential elections, with commentators focussing on the aftermath of a Bouteflika win, writes Amira Howeidy
The second premier to go in as many months casts fresh doubt on Libya’s political future, writes Kamel Abdallah
Ahmed Morsy reviews the tangled tale surrounding the death of screenwriter Nadine Shams
Battle lines between political groups are drawn ahead of any details on how parliamentary polls will be organised. Gamal Essam El-Din reports
Reconciliation efforts have been underway to end the tribal clashes in Aswan, reports Ahmed Morsy
Amany Maged on the Muslim Brotherhood’s desperate attempts to assert its presence
The government has approved a new investment law in a bid to attract badly needed funds to the country, reports Nesma Nowar
The Alawite community’s backing of the Syrian regime could give rise to lasting consequences, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
With peace talks going nowhere, Ramallah moves to join a series of international bodies and conventions, to the fury of Tel Aviv, writes Ahmed Al-Sayed from Gaza
Disappointed by the impotence of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki, the country’s Shia groups are in search of a new political leader, writes Salah Nasrawi
With 29 points each, Petrojet and Semouha retained their positions at the top of the National League competition’s two groups. Inas Mazhar reports
Egyptians celebrate the end of winter this week in the festival of Sham Al-Nassim, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Europe can be Egypt’s bridge to modernity, but only Egyptians are able to square past and future and live them in harmony in the present, writes Hussein Haridy
For Israeli officials, there is no reason to pursue peace so long as they have a compliant proxy in the Palestinian Authority, selling illusions to the people as it also sells them out, writes Ramzy Baroud
History is not static, but rather subject to rewriting. Even heads of state once unpopular can see their fortunes rise again, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
Egypt supported all African liberation movements, but the African Union did not support Egypt when its people rose to express their voice, writes Mohamed Salmawy
Are we about to see a new Cold War open up, or are events in Ukraine more tactical than strategic, asks Al-Sayed Amin Shalaby
Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi already has hero status in Egypt. Now he must build on this legacy and achieve the aspirations of the Egyptian people, writes Sayed Moawad
Sanjoy K Roy, the man behind India by the Nile, tells Ati Metwaly about the remarkable skill of art entrepreneurship
A new exhibition is revisiting the journey of the ancient Egyptian obelisk from Luxor to the Place de la Concorde in Paris, writes David Tresilian
The Infancy Narratives: Jesus of Nazareth, Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, Bloomsbury, 2012. Reviewed by Gamal Nkrumah
Mai Samih investigates efforts to help Egypt’s street children
Al-Ahram Weekly newspaper is seeking a part-time proofreader
The French writer Gaston Migeon left an unforgettable picture of Cairo just over a century ago, writes Samir Sobhi
A dozen Egyptian women are on this year’s list of the most powerful Arab women, the inheritors of a long tradition of fighting for women’s freedoms, writes Samir Sobhi
With experts predicting increasing problems of water scarcity in Egypt, now is the time for blue-sky thinking, writes Samir Sobhi
Examination of the Muslim Brotherhood’s one-year rule in Egypt casts doubt on the organisation’s claim to be democratic and Islamic, writes Heba Sewilam
World War I that engulfed Europe and the Middle East 100 years ago brought a new way of life to Egypt, writes Samir Sobhi
Looking back to 1950, Samir Sobhi finds that Egypt was already suffering from some familiar problems
Nourhan Riad reflects on the 25th anniversary of the first Palestinian Intifada — a moment of uprising that also saw Israel’s self-serving propaganda unravel
What kind of help can Egypt offer Uganda, asks Khaled Al-Fiqi as he takes photos of the beautiful country
A badge of rank and education, the wearing of the tarboush was widespread among the Egyptian middle classes until the middle decades of the last century, writes Samir Sobhi
As the Committee of Fifty tasked to write the draft of the country’s new constitution starts its work, Ahmed Al-Naggar examines some of its most controversial articles
Many of Egypt’s problems can be traced back to its underfunded education system, writes Hayat Hussein
Though it started as a peaceful uprising against the regime, the Syrian conflict has now attracted dozens of armed groups to the country from across the region, writes Ahmed Eleiba
The Syrian refugee problem may now be the worst the world has seen since the end of World War II, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
Commemorative events have already started in many European countries to mark the outbreak of the First World War. But few of them are looking at its Middle Eastern course and consequences, writes David Tresilian
Social justice was a main demand of the 25 January Revolution, but revolutionary hopes for a just society have soured over the past three years, writes Gihan Shahine
The government has been taking the side of capital against labour for the past forty years. Could this be about to change, asks Hayat Hussein
Three years after the 25 January Revolution we are in a different world, a different Egypt, and one fashioned by the events of the past three years, writes Ismail Serageldin
Egypt’s Nubians are divided over the country’s new constitution that acknowledges their “right to return” to their ancestral homelands, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Turkey’s relations with Syria have been falling to pieces since the beginning of the Syrian conflict three years ago, leaving Ankara to ponder its options, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
The deaths of more than 300 migrants hoping to enter the European Union late last year have drawn renewed attention to Europe’s policy on illegal immigration, writes David Tresilian in Paris
Whoever said beauty and nature don’t mix, asks Aya Nader
Farah El-Akkad samples a slice of Alexandria’s heritage