Anti-regime protests spill over to Sudan
Calls for a mass protest are being made on Facebook for June 30 and it seems that these protests are only intensifying the face of state repression
The Egyptian Arab Land Bank: EGP 2bn in funding for individuals
It is hoped that both the credit portfolio and deposits will increase by EGP 1.5bn by the end of the next fiscal year in June, 2013 to reach EGP 13.5bn…
Jazz heats up summer
Harfoush founded The Jazz Society along with Amr Falah, Director of the Cairo Jazz Festival, back in March 2009. The duo began piquing interest in jazz music with basic workshops,…
Islamic banking loses patron
By Asmaa Nabil When the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces, which has ruled the country for the last 16 months, decided to dissolve parliament, the ramifications of the decision were…
The divided form a coalition
Several groups emerge in the political vacuum left by the PEC delayed results Coalitions are springing up left and right in the wake of the Presidential Elections Committee’s postponement of…
A Tale Of Two Cairos
Recent reports have thinned the gap of votes between the two candidates to less than a million, with the Muslim Brotherhood putting their candidate in the lead and Ahmed Shafiq…
Tourism decline hits HSBC
HSBC has shut down two of its branches recently in Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada because of the slowdown in the tourism sector.
The paradox of a military-sponsored civilian rule
Supporting a military dictatorship to impose our ideals is paradoxical and is neither civilian nor secular and will only perpetuate the presence of the deep state, if not further entrench…
Editor’s letter: Irreversible optimism
We don’t let ourselves get stuck with these miserable realities on the ground, simply because we look to the future. Not to the near future, but to the medium- and…
