Business recap: Artoc Group sells majority stake in Emaar Misr for $142 million
CAIRO: Dubai-based Emaar Properties has acquired Artoc Group's 60 percent share in Emaar Misr for $142 million (LE 809 million), capping the much publicized conflict begun in the last quarter…
Egyptian, Chinese companies sign 11 deals worth $30 million
CAIRO: A group of Egyptian businessmen and representative of Chinese public companies signed 11 deals worth $30 million to export different products from Egypt, including marble, granite, oranges, linen, phosphates…
Sketching a metropolitan mindset
Egyptian artist Farghali Abdel Hafiz draws inspiration from LondonThe bright, red double-decker buses, the rows of Victorian houses, the sprawling River Thames and the outline of a Beefeater trigger instant…
Are Iran's Revolutionary Guards getting jittery?
We are in a season of skullduggery in the Middle East, with a strange series of disappearances that all involve the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The murky saga is…
When Arab security chiefs conduct foreign policy
Two intriguing meetings took place this past week in the Arab world. In Egypt, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with the intelligence services directors of four Arab states…
Iran's shadow hovered over Riyadh
The standard for success at Arab summits is, usually, the avoidance of implosion as differences between the various rulers take center stage and eclipse more relevant issues. The end-result is…
Bird flu awareness and reporting measures are improving
CAIRO: Bird flu awareness and reporting measures in Egypt are improving, and patient recovery rates are rising, health specialists say, because of better planning and co-operation between international bodies and…
What to do with our submarine treasures
CAIRO: A decade after underwater archaeology was established in Egypt, experts discuss the future of the field and the ideal ways to turn the submarine exhibits into a tourist attraction…
Fictional Cairo drivers are good as real
CAIRO: Egyptian author Khaled Al Khamissi, in a best-selling collection of short stories about the Egyptian capital, has turned an old technique on its head. Instead of taking the pulse…
Interview: CNN reporter takes her viewers inside the Middle East
Hala Gorani's show favors color and insight over headlinesCAIRO: While more reporters and journalists flock to the Middle East than any other region in the world, much of the voluminous…