Open markets vital to growth, says Lord Mayor
London's prescription for financial growth? Open up. Addressing an assembly of businesspeople and journalists in the Nile Hilton yesterday, Lord Mayor of London David Lewis said that to become a…
Middle East is the hub for foreign portfolio investment, say experts
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Participants of EFG-Hermes' sixth annual One-on-One Conference's confirmed the region's "huge potential for expanding trade, exports and foreign direct investment, the investment banking firm said in a statement.Utilizing…
Vodafone Egypt launches Smart Ads
CAIRO: International brand names can now deliver direct their ads straight to Vodafone customers, who will be the first to know about special offers, promotions and discounts, the mobile company…
Townhouse's double exhibition speaks to the mind before the heart
It's always gratifying to find clever social commentary that is not only coherent but also relevant to Cairo's reality. There's perhaps no better way for a social commentary to have…
Chantal Chamandy concert to premiere in American TV
Following her remarkable performance at the Pyramids last September, Egyptian-Canadian singer/songwriter Chantal Chamandy is still making headlines. Her trail of success and her promotion of the true image of Egypt…
A mufti, a Christian and a rabbi
In the West, A mufti, a Christian and a rabbi ... is often how a good interfaith joke begins. But I live inside this reality. I am a rabbi and…
OIC debate on Islamophobia in Dakar
The Indonesian political magazine Tempo recently published a satirical version of the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. Instead of Jesus it showed ex-President Suharto, who died late January, having…
Change of scope for Land of Hope
Fraught with intractable violence, interminable disease and abject poverty, Africa is traditionally observed by policymakers through a humanitarian lens. However, Africa's emerging geo-strategic importance transcends such condescending colonial overtones of…
Western desert groundwater could last 300 years, says Minister Abu Zeid
CAIRO: As the Arab Water Council meets today for the first Arab Region Consultative Workshop March 13-15 to prepare its research papers and regional reports for the Fifth World Water…