Piracy in West Africa: A bumpy road to maritime security
Increase in maritime piracy in particularly West Africa is having a severe impact on countries in the region that are losing lives, property and revenues. Experts believe the situation could…
Does the constitution matter?
By Dr Mohamed Fouad As the 50-member committee completed their work on the new constitution for Egypt – the second in less than two years, the document was met with…
Netanyahu’s true colours
By Dr. Cesar Chelala As 91 world leaders gathered in Soweto to pay homage to Nelson Mandela there was one notable absence: Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu cited the high cost of his presence…
Gaza’s women have karate moves
By Omar Al-Ghraieb Women of different ages, sizes, social classes and backgrounds can be found at Gaza’s Karate Sports Club dressed in the classic white karate uniforms (known as Karategi…
Activists call for protests in memory of 2011 ‘cabinet clashes’
Victims' lawyer calls for “unveiling” results of cabinet fact-finding committee
Egypt’s tourism lags due to poor marketing
Marketing campaigns abroad are generally unprofessional and do not improve the country’s ability to address tourists or study the target markets. Egypt is the most difficult country for international movie…
Egyptian financial regulator to retry sukuk rules in early 2014
The renewed push to allow sukuk in the country comes after previous attempts have been thwarted by nearly three years of political turmoil since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak…
Citadel Capital narrows its net loss by 38.3% in Q3
Company cites economic impact following 30 June protests
Land protection engineers to be granted ‘judicial police’ authority in effort to curb land seizures: Minister of Justice
The report further highlighted that since the revolution one million cases of aggression have been detected, effecting over 40,000 feddans, of those aggressive seizures the number cleared did not exceed…
