Standard & Poor announces launch of new index to track companies listed on Egypt's stock exchange
CAIRO: Standard & Poor's (S&P), one of the world's leading financial market intelligence providers, announced on Wednesday the launch of the S&P/EGX ESG Index, the first of its kind designed…
Fans throng to Maher Zain's Album debut concert at AUC
CAIRO: Captivating over 1,300 fans with a stunning performance, Awakening Records artists Maher Zain, Hamza Namira, and Massoud Kurtis performed to a full house at the American University's (AUC) Spring…
Two Israeli and Jordanian journalists tell the story no one else will
JERUSALEM/Amman: It was supposed to be an exercise in cross-cultural reporting: find a story that would highlight the common humanity shared by all nations and peoples.As a Jordanian and an…
The Other Switzerland
BRUSSELS: As policymakers scratch their heads and wonder how best to absorb different cultures and religions into Europe's very distinct national societies, they could do worse than consider some new…
Is the Euro overvalued?
CAMBRIDGE: An American traveler in Paris or Berlin is continually struck by how high prices are relative to those in the United States. A hotel room, a simple lunch, or…
Editorial: Another Arab summit
CAIRO: As Arab leaders bask in the Mediterranean coastal city of Sirte in Libya today in yet another summit to "rescue Jerusalem , Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu returns victorious from…
Sand Bags to Sand Dunes: the 8-month drive to South Africa
Egypt's Black and White Desert normally hosts a smattering of tourists every evening. Student groups traveling from Cairo, tourists looking for a break from Ancient Egyptian monuments, and expats taking…
Hamdi Qandil named spokesman of ElBaradei's National Coalition for Change
CAIRO: Members of the National Coalition for Change, headed by the former Secretary-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, chose journalist and outspoken talk show host Hamdi Qandil, to be…
Doctors call for strike action, Syndicate board advises reconsideration
CAIRO: Doctors' Syndicate head Hamdy El-Sayyed defended the Syndicate's board yesterday during a charged general assembly meeting during which some doctors accused the board of being "unable or unwilling to…
