SODIC restructures to face slowdown
CAIRO: The Sixth of October for Development and Investment (SODIC) is performing stronger than expected given the current economic climate, company officials said at a roundtable Wednesday. To face the…
Beltone launches Egypt, Gulf MidCap fund
CAIRO: Beltone Private Equity launched a $200 million fund to invest in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Egypt and the Gulf . This will include a $10 million Egypt…
THE REEL ESTATE: Ashes of a forgotten Polish tragedy
On March 5, 1940, in the forest of Katyn near Smolensk in western Russia, nearly 22,000 Polish lawyers, engineers, factory owners and military officers were shot in cold blood by…
With a Grain of Salt: The end of swine flu
Rejoice everyone, swine flu has disappeared completely from the globe, or at least from France, where Israel has officially protested the name of the new disease. Hence the name of…
No news is not good news
WASHINGTON, DC: Imagine if journalists were to seek out the perspectives of non-violent civic leaders the way they seek out the views of militarists and militants. What would it mean…
Afghanistan's feminist revolution
On April 16, more than 300 Afghani women - many of them students - marched together in Kabul in protest of a new law passed by Parliament that would impose…
Editorial: It's not the pigs, stupid!
CAIRO: Egypt's decision to cull its entire population of pigs is not only a misguided effort to contain swine flu, but also reflects the haphazard, panic-driven decision-making process that's endemic…
Did you tweet today?
CAIRO: Attention is slowly diverting away from one social networking website to another, as more and more users substitute Facebook with the latest fad: Twitter.But that kind of attention can…
Bloggers debate culling Egypt's pigs
CAIRO: While it hasn't reached its shores yet, the H1N1 virus - swine flu - has taken hold of Egypt's blogs, where a lively online debate has emerged about the…
