Egypt is on the threshold of a new political era, Gamal Essam El-Din reports

The referendum is over. So what's next, asks Amira Howeidy

As the opposition screams boycott, the general public avoids the political fray. Gihan Shahine gauges the levels of anger and approval over article 76

University teachers lend their voice to growing calls for political reform, reports Gihan Shahine

While judges agreed to supervise this week's referendum, their battle over monitoring this fall's elections saw equal doses of flexibility and dissent. Mona El-Nahhas reports

Much will rest on Mahmoud Abbas's meeting with George Bush on Thursday -- almost certainly too much, writes Graham Usher in Jerusalem

With increased sectarian tension, the world has finally awakened to the grave dangers unbridled violence poses to Iraq's national unity, writes Salah Hemeid

Lebanon's antiquated confessional political system could well prove an obstacle to reform, reports Mohalhel Fakih from Beirut

It doesn't matter if the hype surrounding the referendum was a coordinated NDP effort. More important, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif, is how effective it was in persuading the electorate to vote

Jailan Halawi wonders how effective the regime's usual "carrot and stick" manner of handling the Muslim Brotherhood will continue to be

Did the recent exchange of high-level visits between Egypt and the US bring the two nations closer? Not particularly, writes Dina Ezzat

At a two-day conference held in Cairo last week, Yasmine Fathi confronted the challenges facing healthcare in the region

Astrology centre or suburbia? Nevine El-Aref visits another Heliopolis

When is a journalist not a journalist? When he isn't Egyptian, discovers Gamal Nkrumah