The Arab summit in Qatar promises to be controversial, Dina Ezzat reports

The 30th anniversary of the Egyptian-Israeli peace agreement follows hot on the heels of Israel's bloody war on Gaza, just beyond Egypt's northeastern border. Could Cairo have done more to stop the war if it hadn't signed a peace agreement with Israel? Former foreign minister Ahmed Maher tells Amira Howeidy there's no room for regret

Parliament extends President Mubarak's authority to conclude military purchases in secret despite objections from opposition MPs, reports Gamal Essam El-Din

Fifty years after UNESCO completed its Nubia campaign, one monument is still in need of rescuing from the water, says Nevine El-Aref

Those who criticise the Egypt-Israel peace treaty fail to see its nuanced importance or produce credible counter-arguments against it, writes Abdel-Moneim Said

Is it Kiir, Rice or Ocampo who will call the shot on Sudan's beleaguered president, asks Gamal Nkrumah

Palestinian factions know that when national dialogue sessions reconvene, they have no choice but to reach an agreement, reports Saleh Al-Naami

Even more than Lieberman, we should worry about Barak, warns Khaled Amayreh from occupied Jerusalem

When it comes to Israel's leaders there isn't one, writes Ramzy Baroud

Lebanon is going to the polls in three months' time. The election circus, however, is already in full swing, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif from Beirut

Efforts to reintegrate the cadre of the former ruling Baath Party in Iraq split opinion while security gains made remain fragile, Dina Ezzat reports from Baghdad

Arabs are worried Obama's outreach to Iran may bolster its influence in Iraq, writes Salah Hemeid

A year has elapsed since Syria presided over the Arab summit. What was achieved, Bassel Oudat asks from Damascus

With the right policies in place, unemployment could be a thing of the past, Niveen Wahish looks at the findings of a World Bank report

Debate over prospects to privatise the gas and oil sector in Egypt has begun, Sherine Nasr reports

At last week's Euromoney conference, Egypt presented its case as a safe and lucrative haven for investment even during a bizarre global crisis, Assem El-Kersh reports from London

MPs lashed out at the government for failing to put a latch on prices, Gamal Essam El-Din reports

The US president is about to reveal a new policy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Few Pakistanis have high hopes, notes Graham Usher in Islamabad

Ancient Egyptian concepts of this world and the next are the focus of this spring's major exhibition at the Louvre in Paris, writes David Tresilian

Nehad Selaiha encounters a bald Berenice in Cairo and a modern Medea in Alexandria

Sayed Mahmoud reports from the Abu Dhabi Book Fair

Rania Khallaf wonders where the cat has gone

Nubia's curious geographical location as a corridor between Africa south of the Sahara, Egypt and the Arab world coupled with a somewhat schizophrenic outlook -- simultaneously espousing historical isolation and integration with its neighbours -- created a unique culture that Nubians appear eager for outsiders to comprehend, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Many children today have decided their mothers should join the digital age. Nader Habib remembers how Mother's Day has changed

Egypt start their 2010 World Cup campaign by taking on Zambia. Inas Mazhar reports on Egypt's chances

An over-40 Egyptian has won three gold medals in the African Athletics Masters Championship, reports Ghada Abdel-Kader