Israel's rightwing government is not pursuing peace but rather sabotaging it, writes Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank

In south Sudan, Arab League chief Amr Moussa made a last ditch appeal for continued Sudanese unity, Dina Ezzat reports from Juba

After receiving a warm welcome at Cairo airport on 19 February, ex-IAEA head Mohamed El-Baradei has embarked upon a media campaign that includes sustained attacks on the regime, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Mohamed Abdel-Baky joined the hundreds of Egyptians who flocked to Cairo airport to welcome El-Baradei

The entrance of El-Baradei to the Egyptian political scene gives secular and liberal opposition parties a chance to regain ground from Islamists, writes Abdel-Moneim Said

What are the chances of the Ghad Party's founder, Ayman Nour, running in the coming presidential polls, Mona El-Nahhas asks

UNHRC's first periodic review of human rights in Egypt ended with government officials pledging to implement a majority of its recommendations, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

The State Security Supreme Criminal Court will issue its ruling in the Hizbullah cell case in April. Amira Howeidy attended the hearings

Despite widespread opposition, procedures to appoint women to judicial posts at the State Council will be completed, Mona El-Nahhas reports

You don't know what you've got till it's gone. Nevine El-Aref reports on the return of a previously unknown coffin that was only found thanks to the diligence of US customs officers

Developing Upper Egypt is high on the government's to-do list, but not high enough for some investors, Niveen Wahish reports

Can Egypt's non-oil exports be doubled during the coming four years? This is what the government and private sector are aiming for, reports Mona El-Fiqi

Israel's attempts to establish historical grounds for its existence include stealing, destroying and substituting Islamic heritage, reports Khaled Amayreh in Hebron

The assassination on foreign soil of one of Hamas's top leaders is proof that the resistance movement's warnings on Israel are true, writes Saleh Al-Naami

In a typical move, Israel is building a "museum of tolerance" right on top of an ancient Muslim cemetery, writes Khaled Amayreh

Israeli house demolitions are the flipside of the coin to illegal settlement building. For peace to have a chance, both must stop, writes Heidi Schramm

Both Tehran and Washington have heavily invested in Iraq's forthcoming parliamentary elections, making the voting even more crucial, writes Salah Hemeid

With elections imminent in Iraq, the mood among the Iraqi community in Syria is a mixture of dismay and disappointment, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus

Hizbullah has vowed to exact equal damage on Israel if it wages war on Lebanon, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif

Progress towards peace and democracy is halting, but strong reasons for optimism remain, contends Gamal Nkrumah

There is an urgent need for the government to reach out to the southerners, not to try to bully them into submission, now that the Houthis have been quelled, insists Mohamed Hafez

Niger's coup is wildly popular, but is it a harbinger of democracy and prosperity, asks Gamal Nkrumah

Orientalism in western art and literature has been much commented upon, but a Paris concert series has broken new ground in exploring representations of the orient in music, writes David Tresilian

An unexpectedly pleasant surprise: Injy El-Kashef goes to the movies

Bassam El-Zoghbi talks to Osama Kamal about turning the news into an art form

Scriptwriter Ahmed Abdallah tells Kamal Sultan that the critics are just doing their job

The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur (2009) by Daoud Hari. Random House, New York

Nevine El-Aref gives vent to her fantasy and admires some masterpieces at the Aswan International Sculpture Symposium

Patriotic songs have filled Egypt's airwaves in recent years, often linked to football and other sporting events. Are they the expression of a sincere love of Egypt, or an attempt to cash in on people's feelings, asks Enjy El-Naggar

Osama Kamal explores Egypt's past in the company of one of Port Said's best-known antique dealers and collectors

Tigers of this particular Chinese Year are out in the open and not in the Woods. Watch out for felines that furrow in the Snow, says Gamal Nkrumah with a wink

Despite losing the African Handball Championship to rivals Tunisia, Egypt still earned a berth in the World Championship in Sweden next year. Inas Mazhar reports

At the Home of FIFA in Zurich, Secretary-General Jerome Valcke discussed with journalists the latest on football's showpiece event. Inas Mazhar was there