Land Rover Egypt sales up 49 pct
CAIRO: Earlier this month, MTI Automotive, Land Rover's sole importer in the country, reported a 49 percent increase in car sales for 2008.In a statement, the company said the year…
ON WHEELS: Get more fire from your fuel
At one point, we all need to make one of life's most important - and exciting - decisions: which car to buy. With the plethora of models available on the…
One On One: Ford's Waldo Galan on the Middle East auto industry
With the effects of the global financial crisis on the regional auto market still unclear, it's hard to say what 2009 will bring for multinational automakers. While sales have not…
BUSINESS BEAT: Uncertain future for used car market
When Egypt's economy began to head south in the second half of last year, the auto industry went with it. But just as, in many ways, the Egyptian economy escaped…
Bad Apple not so bad after all
Egyptian rock band Bad Apple claims that their music "leaves no one unsatisfied. But judging by last week's performance at the Sawy Cultural Wheel, which included original tracks and rock…
The Key to Stability in South Asia
NEW YORK: Few places in the world offer as daunting a set of challenges as South Asia. A narcotics-fueled insurgency threatens newly democratic Afghanistan. A resurgent Taliban in its tribal…
Good luck George Mitchell, you'll need it!
WASHINGTON, DC: It appears that George Mitchell, who has everyone s respect, has been dealt in the Middle East conflict as good a hand as US President Barack Obama has…
Of sorrow and loss
AMMAN: As the world watches the anguish in Gaza continue, I am moved to reflect on the 10th anniversary of the death of my beloved brother, King Hussein, and my…
Sudanese writer Al-Tayib Salih dies at 80
CAIRO: Sudanese writer Al-Tayib Salih, author of "Season of Migration to the North, died Wednesday in London at the age of 80.According to Sudan Tribune, he died following complications related…
Court rules university bylaw amendments unconstitutional
CAIRO: A court has ruled that amendments made to an executive bylaw, which regulates university affairs and student activities, are unconstitutional.The 1979 bylaw implements the 1972 Universities law, which has…
