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Reports on attacks against women, in Cairo, Egypt, as a way to punish male political protesters. How the attacks on women have brought together diverse groups including the Muslim Brotherhood and the Center for Socialist Studies; Speculation that the attacks against women may jump start the women's movement in Egypt.

OPINION VIDEO Nearly two months after street protests inspired a democratic revolution, Egypt is in a messy state, Nicholas D. Kristof reports. nytimes.com/opinion [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

CAIRO -- In a tearful, riveting live television interview only two hours after his release from an Egyptian prison, the Google executive Wael Ghonim acknowledged Monday that he was one of the people behind the anonymous Facebook and YouTube campaign that helped galvanize the protest that has shaken Egypt for the last two weeks. Since he disappeared on Jan. 28, Mr. Ghonim, 30, has emerged as a symbol for the protest movement's young, digital-savvy organizers. During the interview on a popular television show, he said he had been kidnapped and held blindfolded by Egyptian authorities. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports on the mass demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, aimed to achieve economic and political reform in the country.

Reports on the clash between riot police and protesters during a demonstration calling for the resignation of Egypt President Hosni Mubarak.

Reports that Egyptian judges have gathered the capital Cairo, demanding for greater independence from the government by highlighting the entry of official institutions as a powerful new force in the country's growing reform movement.

Discusses how political and social shifts in the Middle East are evoking hope and fear. Implications of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's decision to open presidential elections to more than one candidate; Role of street demonstrators in toppling Lebanon's government; Mood of Mideast politicians; Outlook for the end of authoritarian Arab governments; How a mix of outside pressure and internal shifts has created this movement; Influence of new technology on young protestors; Suggestion that pressure from the U.S. President George W. Bush administration has emboldened demonstrators; Ways that Egypt's tiny opposition movement has drawn attention; Observation that the idea of challenging authoritarian rule more directly is new; Perception of young demonstrators in Lebanon as models for popular uprisings across the Arab world; Why Iraq serves more as a threat than a model; How new technology has driven the steps toward greater freedoms; Attitudes regarding the American campaign for democracy in the Middle East.