WikiLeaks ad implying role in Egyptian revolution faces backlash
By Charlie Cabot CAIRO: Egyptian activists responded sharply to Julian Assange’s assertions that his website, WikiLeaks, played a role in the January 25 Revolution. Assange, editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks, ran…
A PALESTINIAN VIEW: We are ready for freedom and independence
By Ghassan Khatib After its last meeting, the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization announced officially its intention to go to the United Nations to seek the help of the…
Lagarde’s challenges
By Raghuram Rajan CHICAGO: Now that the dust has settled over the selection of the International Monetary Fund’s managing director, the IMF can return to its core business of managing crises.…
Tahrir: Bamboozling the bride
By Philip Whitfield “Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure: Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.” That was William Congreve in his comedy of manners The Old…
Egypt protesters demand ‘civil marriage’
By AFP CAIRO: Dozens of Egyptians protested on Thursday to demand the introduction of civil marriages, in order to be able to divorce or remarry. Protesters — Coptic Christians as…
Buttered Up: Spicy brunches and summer weekends
For the most part of my life, I ate eggs prepared one way — brown and rubbery. According to my childhood-commandeered specifications, they had to have almost no bounce and…
PwC opens training academy in Egypt
CAIRO: PwC, an international professional services organization, will be introducing a training academy in Egypt scheduled to open in September 2011, according to a statement. By offering courses in finance,…
IFC invests in Jordan’s power sector
CAIRO: The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, and International Company for Water and Power Projects (ACWA Power), a Saudi power and water desalination firm, are…
EU farm-product ban adds to Egypt’s woes
CAIRO: Egypt’s economy, whose main exports have been battered by strikes and political uncertainty, took another blow this week after the European Union blamed a deadly outbreak of E. coli…
Lecico’s new tile plant to be fully operational in August
CAIRO: Lecico Egypt announced its first trial production from International Ceramics, the new tile plant in Borg El-Arab which will be fully operational in August, according to a statement. Lecico…