HSBC to launch mobile banking
During a media roundtable discussion the bank’s MENA regional head of retail banking and wealth management, Francesca McDonagh, announced the bank’s plan to open three new branches this year to…
Afghan insider attack kills NATO soldier, contractor
A NATO soldier and a civilian contractor have been killed in a suspected insider attack in eastern Afghanistan
Last Westerner at Guantanamo returns to Canada
The last Westerner held at Guantanamo Bay returned to his native Canada on Saturday, after years of delay from Stephen Harper's Conservative government.
Scratching the surface of the financial crisis
For several weeks now, state-run media has been depicting a somewhat rosy outlook on the economy. Government officials are downplaying the gravity of issues; prominent figures such as Hassan Malek…
Orientalist Democracy
The “Orientalist” dimension makes the Western outlook of the democratic process in Egypt prisoner to a one-sided vision
Review: Al-Nour’s inner conflict
Egyptian columnists have recently been inundating their readers with analyses of the root causes of internal clashes hitting the infrastructure of the salafist Al-Nour party. Some have put the blame…
Arish women protest death penalty imposed on husbands
By Nasser Elazazy Dozens of women and their children continued protesting Saturday in front of Al-Refai mosque against the death penalty verdict imposed their husbands and fathers. The 14 men,…
US halts aid to Egypt
A United States Republican congresswoman blocked the planned cash transfer of $450 million to the Egyptian government On Friday. Texas congresswoman Kay Granger, who heads the Appropriations Subcommittee on State…
