Defeated by Algeria, Egypt could not make it to the World Cup. Alaa Abdel-Ghani reports on the match and the trouble thereafter

Whoever emerges victorious from the Egypt-Algeria World Cup play-off one thing is clear, we have all become victims of football frenzy, writes Dena Rashed

Saudi Arabia is determined to teach the Al-Houthi rebels along its border with Yemen a lesson they will not forget, writes Hassan Abu Taleb

Dina Ezzat laments the senseless Egyptian-Algerian furore

Is Africa the coming haven for private equity funds? Experts chart the potentials and hurdles, Sherine Nasr reports

The sound of the anti-hunger call made in Rome is easily heard in Cairo

Egypt lags behind much of the world when it comes to rates of swine flu infection and fatalities from the virus. Yet the public, aided and abetted by the media, is increasingly fearful, reports Reem Leila

Nevine El-Aref reviews plans to develop the Corniche at Luxor

Following last month's acquisition of the Arabic portal Maktoob, Yahoo is positioned to become the leading regional player, reports Amira Howeidy

Government officials and Internet gurus ironed out all issues in Sharm El-Sheikh last week, Nader Habib reports

Palestinians are distrustful of a proposal by Salam Fayyad to declare a state within two years, reports Saleh Al-Naami

Continuing in disarray, the Palestinian arena appears locked between warring factions, delayed elections and a moribund peace process with Israel, writes Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah

Netanyahu and Al-Assad have visited France for talks in quick succession. But will Paris be able to help Syria and Israel overcome their differences, asks Bassel Oudat in Damascus

Strained Iranian-Saudi relations over events in Yemen threaten to embroil the region in another wave of sectarian tension, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif

Following Saudi attacks on Al-Houthi rebel positions in northern Yemen, conditions among those fleeing the conflict have markedly worsened, reports Nasser Arrabyee

Egypt has been moving closer to Iraq, but does that mean facing up to Iran's regional ambitions, asks Salah Hemeid

Gamal Nkrumah deliberates on why it all went swimmingly in Asia for Obama in spite of his kowtowing to the Chinese

Nora Amin's latest theatrical venture strikes Nehad Selaiha as the fulfilment of a prophecy

Put a face and a place together, and the next thing is art -- if you have photographer Khaled Guweili's talent, as Osama Kamal finds out

Kamal Sultan talks to screen idol Hussein Fahmi about his new film, his recent television show and the Cairo Film Festival

Advances in therapy are improving outcomes for breast-cancer patients across Egypt, as Ghada Abdel-Kader discovers

Two hundred years after his birth, and 150 years after the publication of his bombshell On the Origins of the Species, Darwin's genius remains decisive in contemporary biology, medicine and society. Gamal Nkrumah journeys to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina to appraise his controversial legacy in the Arab world

Al-Ahram Weekly went to print before the big day. Inas Mazhar can only speculate about the outcome of the crunch match between Egypt and Algeria