Special Euromoney Coverage: 'We have to divert to other sources,' says Energy Minister
CAIRO: Egypt plans to utilize its year-round sunshine and its fair share of wind by producing 20 percent of its total energy needs from renewable energies by the year 2020,…
Special Euromoney Coverage: Capital markets counting on government support
CAIRO: As value has bled from the stock market, capital markets experts have begun to look at how they might pick up the pieces in order re-grasp the economic landscape…
Special Euromoney Coverage: Currency risk could hamstring infrastructure development
CAIRO: Say you're a Gulf oil baron, still flush despite some recent setbacks and anxious to pump your cash into something steady, long-term and reliable. A toll road in Egypt…
Special Euromoney Coverage: Are Egypt's public banks ripe for consolidations?
CAIRO: With two days of optimistic lectures that seemed defiant in the face of the collapse of the international financial markets, a spirited discussion by six of Egypt's sharpest banking…
Special Euromoney Coverage: West's bank buyouts may impede Banque Du Caire sale, says Mohieldin
CAIRO: As Western governments scramble to nationalize their banks in the wake of the financial meltdown, Egypt has patiently continued to pawn its own. The paradox has not escaped notice.…
Special Euromoney Coverage: Local demand needed to compensate falling FDI in real estate
CAIRO: How will the global economic crisis affect Egypt's booming real estate market? This is the question panelist of the Real Estate workshop on Tuesday tried to answer.Over the past…
American ghosts from Iraq divide Cairo audience
"What Do I Know about War, a one-woman stage production by Margo Lee Sherman, has emerged as one of the divisive performances of this year's Cairo International Experimental Theater Festival,…
Lavish performances, innovative techniques at Experimental Theater Festival
Despite the extensive negative reports regarding organization and participating works, three delightful performances managed to standout in the second week of the 20th Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater: the…
Enough of the Jerusalem mantra
JERUSALEM: I was born American. Thirty-five years ago, I chose to become Israeli. My choice in no way reflects a lack of affection for the United States. But patriotism is…
A Neighborly Option for Iran
YEREVAN: Once again, the issue of bombing or sanctioning Iran has resurfaced. For years, debate about Iran has oscillated between two bad alternatives. Some are convinced that a nuclear Iran…