Extrajudicial assassinations by Israel set the Palestinian-Israeli arena again aflame, writes Saleh Al-Naami

With more than 90 per cent of the ruling NDP's candidates standing unopposed in next month's municipal election no one doubts the results, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

After five years of devastating US occupation, some Iraqis now want the UN to take over, writes Salah Hemeid

While conservatives gained the vote overall, within their ranks lie the divisions essential to understanding Iranian politics, writes Mustafa El-Labbad

Calls increase for Egypt and Israel to act promptly to end the Gaza crisis, Dina Ezzat reports

Hala Sakr asks if differences of opinion over the legality of the proposed strike by doctors will destroy their united front as they press for better wages and conditions

Long-term party loyalists have been excluded from the NDP's list of official candidates in the municipal elections, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

An appeal has been launched to help Cairo University acquire a 30,000 square metre piece of land next to its Giza campus that will otherwise be sold to investors seeking to develop a residential and commercial complex, reports Reem Leila

Gihan Shahine delves into the lives of Egyptians held in Guantanamo, the world's most infamous prison

It was not an easy winter on Jordanians who faced a blizzard of high prices, writes Oula Farawati

As controversy rumbles on over the coming Arab summit, Syria bit the bullet and invited Al-Siniora's government. But it appears likely to be a no-show, Lucy Fielder reports

Turkey's secularists launched a judicial case to try to topple the JDP, writes Gareth Jenkins

With the fifth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, Saad Abdel-Wahab looks at its covert beginnings and many dark moments

There was an air of change when Pakistan's National Assembly held its inaugural session -- but also déjà vu, reports Graham Usher from Islamabad

Mohamed Salmawy, Secretary-General of the Union of Arab Writers, explains the thinking behind the Arab boycott of this week's Paris Book Fair to Rania Khallaf

Following 16 years of closure to the public, the Al-Muzawaka necropolis in Dakhla Oasis will soon be back on the tourists track, reports Nevine El-Aref

As the world celebrates Water Day on 20 March, Serene Assir sees children work with UNICEF and local government to put a stop to pollution of the River Nile and their own lives in Upper Egypt

Egypt will meet Argentina in an exhibition in Cairo Stadium. Nashwa Abdel-Tawab reports on Latin feet on African grounds