The revolution against Mubarak did not have a figurehead; that was said to be key to its success. However, this strength has become a weakness in Egypt’s transition to democracy, writes Omar Ashour

AN IRISHWOMAN who crossed a breached border into Gaza with her daughter says border guards were preventing them from returning to Egypt.

Alexander the Great founded Alexandria to immortalise his name amid his quest to conquer the world – but it was apparently not the first city on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast.