No Egyptian will be left behind as the economy grows, says Mohieldin
CAIRO: In an interview with CNN's John Defterios aired Friday, Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin talked about policy formulation in the future, his expectations for foreign direct investment, Egypt's place…
Business Beat: New roles in a new month
Markets remained volatile in March, with the sectors or countries that were recent winners becoming losers. The Dow Jones Islamic Market Index series is comprised of internationally listed stocks of…
NEws In The Briefs
Egypt bans cement exports until October, says ministryEgypt will ban cement exports from Mar. 29 until Oct. 1 as part of measures to control the markets , the trade and…
IFC, Housing Ministry to streamline building procedures
CAIRO: After successfully implementing its business start-up procedures pilot project in Alexandria, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced Wednesday it would expand the project nationwide to include three to five…
A very long day at the movies
In the most memorable scene of Spike Jonze's 2002 "Adaptation, Nicolas Cage's struggling scriptwriter tells famous writing coach Robert McKee (Brian Cox) that "nothing happens in the world. "Nothing happens…
With a Grain of Salt: How to build a flyover
One of our worst shortcomings is the lack of future planning. Why do we always wait for a disaster to strike before dealing with the causes, instead of thinking ahead…
The Keynesian cure
It is not yet foredoomed that the world economy will undergo a substantial recession in the next three years or so: we might still escape. But governments should play it…
Putin's last stand
On April 2-4, NATO will hold its biggest summit ever in Bucharest, the capital of its new member, Romania. Incredibly, NATO has invited its fiercest critic, Russian President Vladimir Putin,…
Who speaks for German Muslims?
The German Islam Conference has achieved its first concrete result: Muslim religious education will be introduced as a subject in German schools from next year. The move was agreed upon…
Preacher, teacher or social worker, Amr Khaled is a man on a mission
CAIRO: Amr Khaled is nervous. He is pacing up and down the studio set. He looks at his watch and smiles at the audience. "It's 6:30 now; we were supposed…