Loading ...Egypt shares down on concerns over Mubarak’s health
By Kipp • Mar 15th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business NewsBenchmark index down 3.84 percent; Egyptian President said to be doing well after undergoing surgery.
Posts Tagged ‘Egypt’
Benchmark index down 3.84 percent; Egyptian President said to be doing well after undergoing surgery.
First among equals?
By Jane Meikle • Mar 2nd, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, The Life, socialLauded in the West for their glamour and social activism, the region’s First Ladies are making a name for themselves. But the reality of their situation is far more complex, says Trends magazine.
Egypt court approves gas exports to Israel
By Kipp • Feb 27th, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business NewsA Cairo court cancels an earlier verdict to stop exports.
Checkerboard progress in Egypt
By Louis M. Wasser • Feb 21st, 2010 • Category: cultureAs Cairo says goodbye to its unruly fleet of black-and-white taxis, opinions are divided. Some will miss their chaotic charm but many believe an overhaul is overdue, says Trends magazine.
Firearms, and another Friday night in Cairo
By Ingrid Wassmann • Feb 19th, 2010 • Category: societyEgyptians are confronting a violent crime wave with a decidedly American approach: buying guns and taking the law into their own hands.
‘Veiled threats’ from Egypt’s nightclub owners
By Ashraf Khalil • Jan 17th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, cultureAlarmed at the country’s growing religious tilt, some businesses in Cairo are creating ‘hijab-free’ zones to attract a different clientele, reports Trends.
Cairo
By Austyn Allison • Jan 16th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, TravelFrom world heritage sites, to some of the region’s most insistent tourist touts…welcome to Cairo.
Not your average cartoon
By Kipp • Jan 13th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Media, Regional, politicsHamas-owned al-Aqsa TV aired the first of many cartoons featuring a spineless Palestinian soldier named Bahlul and a blood-drinking Jew. The pilot episode is a jab against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group and its policies.
Egyptian men band together to fight the “tyranny” of women
By Kipp • Dec 9th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business NewsA number of Egyptian men have established an organization to protest against women who…
Suspicious minds, Part II
By Rania Habib • Oct 6th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Media/Marketing, Regional, The WorkContrary to what you might think, investigative journalism is alive and snooping in the Middle East, says Communicate magazine, Part II.
Suspicious minds, Part I
By Rania Habib • Oct 5th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Media, Regional, The WorkContrary to what you might think, investigative journalism is alive and snooping in the Middle East, says Communicate magazine, Part I.
Air Arabia and Travco launch Air Arabia ‘Egypt’
By Kipp • Sep 10th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business NewsSharjah-based budget carrier Air Arabia, and travel and hospitality company Travco Group signed…
Egypt bans Marwa al-Sherbini postal stamp
By Dana El Baltaji • Aug 18th, 2009 • Category: Egypt, Iran, Middle East Business NewsThe Egyptian government has instructed its post to ban all letters and packages sporting an Iranian stamp bearing a picture of Marwa al-Sherbini...
Dana Gas discovers two gas reserves in Egypt
By Dana El Baltaji • Aug 2nd, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business NewsUAE-based Dana Gas announced on Saturday that it found two gas reserves in Egypt estimated at…
Belly dancing: a dying art?
By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 23rd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Egypt, Regional, societyTraditionalists in Egypt have targeted cabarets that feature belly dancers, and many Egyptians fear that the art is dying.
