Africa's biggest trade bloc to launch customs union
VICTORIA FALLS: Africa s main trading bloc opens a summit Sunday to launch a customs union that will stretch across the continent in a bid to boost regional trade.Under the…
ONE ON ONE: Jaguar tailors strategies to MENA market
CAIRO: During unstable economic times, companies constantly need to revise their business strategies and customize their approach to each market.This is no less true for the automotive industry, which has…
New bill promotes private sector investment in infrastructure
CAIRO: A draft law on private sector participation in infrastructure and public utilities is in the final stages of preparation, according to Egypt's State Information Service. The bill, which is…
Saudi's Almarai, PepsiCo to acquire Beyti
CAIRO: Saudi Arabia's Almarai and the multinational PepsiCo are in the process of acquiring 70 percent of the Egypt-based International Company for Agro-Industrial Projects (Beyti), local news reported. Dairy and…
Speaking out with images of silence
Soft spoken and delicate, a new player has emerged onto Cairo's art scene with canvases as soft and feminine as the artist herself. Marwa Adel is only 25 but her…
The case for an American madrassa
CHICAGO, Illinois: Islam and the Muslim world have both become critically important in the national and international affairs of America. The lack of American Islamic scholars creates a barrier to…
Has the US recovery begun?
CAMBRIDGE: Although the American economy is continuing to decline, it is no longer falling as fast as it was at the beginning of the year or in the weeks after…
Obama-Abbas: It starts with the settlements
AMMAN: The main conclusion emerging from the Obama-Abbas meeting last week is that the United States continues to be dead serious about its demand that Israel immediately freeze all settlement…
20,000 Muslims received text messages of Obama speech highlights
CAIRO: While only a mere 3,000 attendees watched President Barack Obama's June 4 address from inside Cairo University's grant hall, outside the heavily-policed university gates, over 20,000 others received highlights…