Content: 1. Efforts to Change the Direction of the Egyptian Economy - Are they Based on Reality or Illusion / Marianne Laanatza -- 2. Militant Islam in Egypt : a Survey / Kari Vogt -- 3. Religious Revival and Political Mobilisation: Development of the Copitic Community in Egypt / Kari Vogt -- 4. The Press in Egypt - How Free is the Freedom of Speech? / Marina Stagh -- 5. The Image of Europe in Egyptian Litterature: Two Recent Short Stories by Baha Tahir on a Recurrent Theme / Gunvor Mejdell -- 6. Tourism in Egypt - Interchange or Confrontation / Birgitta Wistrand -- 7. The Follow-Up in Egypt / Marianne Laanatza