Rumours abound that the government is considering closing down access to Facebook, the website that has become a favourite venue for Egypt's disaffected young. But what good will it do, asks Magda El-Ghitany
Following her release from detention on (...)
Is the security apparatus being dragged into an essentially political debate, asks Magda El-Ghitany
The detention of opposition activists during and in the aftermath of the 6 April strike came as no surprise. Many pundits now believe the security (...)
Magda El-Ghitany watches as new modes of technology are used as tools for political mobilisation
"The Facebook nation: future makers... the Facebook nation: change makers... Facebook [is] Egypt's hope," read a statement posted on the home page of (...)
Following the deaths of two infants in the town of Qwesna parents are panicking over whether or not to have their children vaccinated. Magda El-Ghitany reports from Menoufiya
As if the extreme poverty in Qwesna, a small town in the northern (...)
Alongside the Palestinian issue, Cairo may also step up efforts to end current Syrian-Jordanian tension, writes Magda El-Ghitany
As part of its resolve to settle inter-Arab differences, Cairo attempted to schedule separate meetings between President (...)
The Mubarak-Olmert summit was the first in many steps needed for the peace process to regain its strength, writes Magda El-Ghitany
The first-ever meeting between President Hosni Mubarak and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, on Sunday in Sharm (...)
The owner of the sunken ferry that claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people was only charged with a misdemeanour. Magda El-Ghitany wonders if he will even make it to court
The announcement that Egypt had asked InterPol to pick up Mamdouh Ismail (...)
An Egyptian-Palestinian-Israeli summit which was set to take place in Sharm El-Sheikh has been postponed until further notice, reports Magda El-Ghitany
Presidential spokesman Suleiman Awad on Monday dismissed news reports that Egypt would host a (...)
Magda El-Ghitany reviews President Mubarak's agenda during this week's visits to Italy and Germany
President Hosni Mubarak met outgoing Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in Rome on Tuesday during the first leg of a two-stop European tour that (...)
Two NGOs emerged in the wake of last month's explosion of sectarian tensions in Alexandria. But are they capable of addressing the root causes of the conflict, asks Magda El-Ghitany
The non-governmental organisations, the Egyptian Citizen and (...)
The Danish cartoon crisis dominated last week's Euro-Mediterranean Forum, reports Magda El-Ghitany
Last week's Euro-Mediterranean Forum meeting held in Cairo, attended by 11 member states -- Algeria, Egypt, France, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, (...)
Conflicts between late president Sadat's nephew and son reach new heights, reports Magda El-Ghitany
There is no denying that Talaat El-Sadat, the nephew of late president Anwar El-Sadat, has long been known for his controversial views and his (...)
In Naples, president of a leading Italian-based Euro-Mediterranean foundation told Magda El-Ghitany that the Southern Mediterranean is eager to establish common ground with its Northern counterpart
It was almost noon and Michele Capasso, president (...)
The families of the victims of the Al-Salam 98 ferry have yet to receive death certificates, let alone compensation, reports Magda El-Ghitany
Six weeks after the sinking of the ferry Al-Salam 98 and the survivors and families of those killed are (...)
Demands grow that the results of the investigation into the sinking of the ferry Al-Salam Boccaccio 98 be made public at the earliest possible date, reports Magda El-Ghitany
Two weeks after the Al-Salam ferry sank in the Red Sea claiming the lives (...)
An Egyptian diplomat in Gaza was kidnapped and then released. Magda El-Ghitany explores the ramifications on Egyptian-Palestinian relations
The kidnapping and subsequent release of Egyptian military attaché Hossam El-Musli by a previously unknown (...)
The Danish cartoon controversy reaching boiling point, Magda El-Ghitany delves into the issues underlying tensions between Europe and Islam
On its cover two weeks ago, the popular French weekly L'Express International posted a girl with oriental (...)
Magda El-Ghitany reports from Safaga on the murky investigation into the sinking of the ferry boat in which almost 1000 Egyptians lost their lives
It is almost a week since Al-Salam 98 sank beneath the waters of the Red Sea. The ferry was carrying (...)
The official decision, taken after much wrangling, to allow the French ship Clemenceau to cross the Suez Canal exposed the weaknesses in both government and civil society's crisis management capabilities, reports Magda El-Ghitany
After nearly 10 (...)
The controversy over French warship Clemenceau's crossing the Suez Canal raged last week, reports Magda El-Ghitany
Environmental and human rights organisations were disappointed when Egypt announced, on 15 January, that it would permit Clemenceau, a (...)
Magda El-Ghitany gauges reactions to last week's attack by Palestinian militants on the Rafah crossing which left two Egyptian soldiers dead and 30 injured
Egyptians were shocked on 4 January by news that an estimated 30 members of the Al-Aqsa (...)
Despite the high-profile meetings and increasingly shared interests, Egypt and Iran are a long way from restoring full diplomatic ties
When President Hosni Mubarak met Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on the fringes of last month's Arab (...)
Ten years on and the Barcelona Declaration's spirit of partnership appears to be floundering, reports Magda El-Ghitany
An hour before the final press conference of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Summit, held in Barcelona and marking the 10th (...)
Magda El-Ghitany reports on Arab preparations for this month's Barcelona Summit
Foreign ministers and representatives of the Barcelona Declaration's Arab member states met in Cairo last week to coordinate their positions ahead of the Barcelona (...)
A Qatari emir is accused of killing innocent bystanders after taking part in an illegal car race, and then fleeing the country with the alleged help of the police. Magda El-Ghitany watches the government try to soothe a nation's humiliation
The (...)