Make Your Escape Our fourth annual guide to getting away from it all ONCE AGAIN, we celebrate the arrival of summer with our 52 Weekends Special Issue, a perennial reader favorite and our fourth annual installment. We’ve gathered together a package with something for everyone, from beaches and heritage sites to urban five-star destinations and desert adventures, all updated to reflect the options you’ll have in the weekends ahead.
The NDP loves the new constitution. The opposition is still crying foul. And the nation is still left wondering: What do the 34 articles really say? Read on.
EXACTLY THREE MONTHS after President Hosni Mubarak said he would ask Parliament to amend the Egyptian Constitution, the electorate headed to the polls
Journalism 101 Veteran Egyptian journalist Mohamed Hassanein Heikal inaugurates his new foundation for Arab journalism with a hugely successful workshop run by star writer Seymour Hersh ByManal el-Jesri Read more
Ghosts of 67 The public is outraged at reports a documentary broadcast evidence Israeli troops may have massacred Egyptian soldiers in the 1967 War ByYasmeen El Mallah Read more
Serpent Surprises Get up close and personal with Egypts venomous vipers before taking time to dust off your binoculars for a sighting of European Bee-eaters returning to their breeding grounds ByRichard Hoath Read more