Egypt
ECCA to host Zar performers 18 March
March 12, 2015
ECCA to host Zar performers 18 March
The Egyptian Center for Culture and Arts Makan will host an event of Zar performers in Egypt on 18 March at…
Independent cinema torn between bureaucracy, social restraints
March 12, 2015
Independent cinema torn between bureaucracy, social restraints
The online journal Sada, affiliated with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, published an article about the development of independent cinema in…
With governments at their backs, Gulf firms prepare for Egypt push
March 12, 2015
With governments at their backs, Gulf firms prepare for Egypt push
Gulf Arab governments are encouraging - and in some cases pressuring - hundreds of companies to attend an international investment…
Egypt’s workers worried new drive for investment will benefit business over labor
March 12, 2015
Egypt’s workers worried new drive for investment will benefit business over labor
Just days before Egypt holds a major economic conference to attract foreign investors, scores of workers held the latest in…
Mubarak sons trial session adjourned due to absence of judge
March 12, 2015
Mubarak sons trial session adjourned due to absence of judge
Judge Abdel Aziz Abu Ayana, Head of the Giza Criminal Court, where the trial of Gamal and Alaa Mubarak over…
Le Figaro: Egypt to receive 3 Rafale jets in summer
March 12, 2015
Le Figaro: Egypt to receive 3 Rafale jets in summer
The French daily newspaper Le Figaro reported that Egypt will receive the first three Rafale jet fighters from France this…
Minister: $32 billion financing gap in Egypt by 2020
March 12, 2015
Minister: $32 billion financing gap in Egypt by 2020
Finance Minister Hany Qadry Dimian expects the financing gap in Egypt to range between US$30 and $32 billion by 2020,…
Al-Masry Al-Youm launches free journalistic writing course
March 12, 2015
Al-Masry Al-Youm launches free journalistic writing course
Al-Masry Al-Youm's affiliated media development center announced it would start receiving applications for a free training course on journalistic writing…
E-commerce to achieve US$6 bn by 2017 in Egypt
March 12, 2015
E-commerce to achieve US$6 bn by 2017 in Egypt
According to Visa Inc., internet commerce is expected to contribute US$6 billion to Egypt's economy by 2017. The company supports the digitalization…
Pope repudiates controversial monastery after priests, police standoff
March 12, 2015
Pope repudiates controversial monastery after priests, police standoff
Egypt’s Orthodox Pope has disowned priests involved in the, presumably, illegal construction of a monastery wall west of Cairo that…