Business Focus: ONE ON ONE: Citibank employs wholesale banking strategy
CAIRO: The smell of progress is quite literally in the air at Citibank Egypt these days. Their new office complex in Katameya sits at a nexus of construction in one…
Egypt's stock exchange tumbles to new low
CAIRO: Egypt s bourse rang the distress bell for two consecutive days this week - plunging 4.21 percent - after shares of both Orascoms dragged the benchmark stock index to…
BANK PROFILE: AAIB builds on domestic growth to expand regionally
CAIRO: Capitalizing on its growth in the Egyptian market, Arab African International Bank (AAIB) is looking to act as the gateway for international investments into the regional market."AAIB is currently…
SECTOR SERVICE: Mobile banking taking off in Egypt
CAIRO: As early as 2000, a handful of local and international banks launched electronic banking services to give clients access to cash and allow them to conduct necessary financial transactions…
Sudanese youth fight discrimination with rap
Young men like Reagan and Nour can be spotted on the streets of the Bronx or in South Central Los Angeles, belting out their rap flows and talking proudly about…
Decoding Egypt: The Execution of Reason
Today, as regional and international powers contemplate the choices of war and peace at the historical juncture that will shape the future of the Middle East, Egyptian foreign policy busies…
Sarkozy Agonistes
"Why do they hate us? asked the Americans of the Islamic fundamentalists after 9/11. "Why do they not like me? could be the question asked by Nicolas Sarkozy to the…
US policy should be torture-free
In the wake of Abu Ghraib, extraordinary rendition and Guantanamo, torture has become a stain on America s good name, something that would have been unthinkable only a few years…
Not just another interfaith parley
Ten days ago an amazingly colorful array of Arab princes and Muslim clerics came together with representatives of the world's major faiths in the Spanish Royal El Prado Palace in…