Top banker dispels misconceptions about Islamic financing
FLORIDA: "The major myth about Islamic banking is that it is about a cluster of hard line religious believers and about religion only, said Hany Aboul Fotouh, first vice president…
Aramex opens logistics center in Cairo
CAIRO: Global transportation solutions provider Aramex opened a new state-of-the-art logistics center in Egypt, the company said in a press statement. The new center will "expand its supply-chain solutions network…
CBE may raise interest rates amid rising inflation
CAIRO: The central bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced it would meet Sunday to decide on the overnight lending and deposit facility interest rates, after inflation soared to 12.1 percent…
Puppets, racism and safari videos on YouTube's best of 2007 list
S?AN FRANCISCO: YouTube on Friday announced the videos its users voted the best of 2007, with Harry Potter puppets, a mesmerizing baritone and hungry lions playing starring roles in winning…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: Rockin' for charity
An Emo Scream rock band called Your Prince Harming is headlining a gig at Rio on the Maadi corniche this Thursday to help raise money for cancer research."Set the Stage…
Cotton, Land and People
Beneath the hanging tree branches of a garden that has lost its lushness, amid traces of an ancient beauty, farmer Saber and I sat together. He owns six acres of…
The hijab: from the university to the workplace
On Feb. 9 2008, 411 out of 550 members of parliament voted in support of the reform for a constitutional reform that would relax the ban on wearing headscarves -…
Privatizing Africa's Development
There has been considerable progress on achieving the Millennium Development Goals since their inception in 2000. But, despite the best efforts of governments, reaching those goals by the 2015 target…
Gaza and the Failure of Deterrence
Every day in the Gaza Strip, strategic deterrence - the inhibition of attack by a fear of punishment backed up by superior military power - is being put to the…
Road safety is not rocket science, says expert
CAIRO: "Talk is cheap or, as we say here, talk is free, says Khaled Mostafa. With all the conferences held and slogans chanted in Egypt, most of the humanitarians of…