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I'll be on air for five minute items throughout the morning and early afternoon on ´óÏó´«Ã½ World News TV and ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service radio. Then we get to the main events which are:

15GMT: Talking Point on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Arabic television

16GMT: WHYS on ´óÏó´«Ã½ World News television

16GMT: Talking Point on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Arabic radio

17GMT: WHYS on ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service radio

1830GMT: WHYS Extra on ´óÏó´«Ã½ World News television

Then I'll have a couple more reports on the TV and we'll be done.

I've done WHYS long enough now to know that trying to second guess what we may talk about beyond a few hours in advance is almost always a futile exercise. But I can certainly see some broader issues that seem very unlikely to go away. They include:

- The difference between the UN response to Libya and to Syria

- How to counter the negative economic consequences of unrest

- Where Islam belongs in the new societies that protestors are trying to create

- If President Saleh is risking civil war by refusing to hand over power

- Whether women and young people continue to be unfairly excluded from political power in Egypt and Tunisia

We'll have people from all over the Arab world with us here by the pyramids. Of course we may not get to any of the subjects above but they are potential starting points. If you'd like to add to the list of issues we should consider talking about, pls post here.
In the meantime, I've got to prep for today's WHYS on the radio which is also from Cairo. Speak to you then.