Mohamed Elmeshad
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Mohamed Elmeshad graduated in 2006 with a B.S. in Economics and a Minor in Journalism from the George Washington University. He worked in Benin as a Peace Corps Volunteer between 2006-2008 where he focused on Small Enterprise Development and other educational projects. This was followed by two years as a Corporate Analyst at a Private Equity firm in Bahrain. He joined Al-Masry Al-Youm in November 2010. Mohamed enjoys long walks on the beach and star-shaped pickles.
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On the eve of the elections, a leading Muslim Brotherhood (MB) member and parliamentarian, Mohamed el-Beltagy, tells Al-Masry Al-Youm that the possibility of an eleventh-hour withdrawal from the elections "cannot be excluded" due to...
This Sunday’s parliamentary elections will probably hold district-specific variances regarding voter turnout, with a probable overall dip, analysts say.
“Given the difference in circumstances [between now and 2005], there may be...
As in previous parliamentary elections, non-political groups will largely determine who the winners will be in Egypt’s parliamentary elections on Sunday by capitalizing on their grass-roots networks and mobilization capacities.
In Alexandria,...
In 2007 the US economy was still the world’s Camelot. It was the only real global economic behemoth, representing unquestionable testament to the triumph of a capitalistic economic system that, given the correct parameters, cannot but continue...
The barre country, to the east of Cotonou, will take the longest time to regain it’s footing after the floods. The region was already partially submerged, as it consists of numerous stilt villages. Presently, this area is in need of access to...
The saga sparked by the Egyptian government’s sale of Omar Effendi--once Egypt’s most popular commercial outlet--is yet again causing controversy, four years on, as another ownership change appears imminent.
As a company in the public...
The unfortunate case for countries with little to no geo-political relevance for the rest of the world is that their humanitarian crises do not receive much attention from the international community. Such is the case with Benin, which is undergoing...
All of the different forms of capitalism and progressive economic philosophy a government can espouse, if taken up without adequate precepts of democracy, accountability and transparency, will come to nothing. Al-Masry Al-Youm chose this topic as...
The Egyptian government, along with the US administration, will most likely ignore recommendations made in a recent editorial in a prominent US daily pertaining to Egypt's human rights situation, according to local rights activists.
A Washington...
After years of government financial regulation, many Egyptian bankers finally see an opportunity to play a more effective role in the development of the country’s small and medium enterprise (SME) sector.
Traditionally, the ability of new SMEs...
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