High-growth companies selected for venture capital investment
Egypt s Technology Development Fund backs top early-stage IT companies as they expand to the international marketDUBAI: The Technology Development Fund (TDF), a venture capital fund propelling the growth of…
Innovative delivery of financial consulting
Launch of Maadi Branch Shows Allianz Egypt's Continued Customer FocusAs the next step in a continued emphasis on customer needs, Allianz Egypt this week launched the expansion of its operations…
Hollywood shoots new Egyptian secret police film
CAIRO: Mega Hollywood stars Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal started shooting New Line Cinema s production Renditions, a thriller about the practices of the Egyptian secret police this month.According to…
New group calls for "vital" democratic reforms, off to a shaky start
76, 77 Committee focuses on constitutional amendments and need for amendmentsCAIRO: A group of intellectuals, politicians and constitutional experts have established a committee to pressure the government to undertake genuine…
The European Union is being unfair with Turkey
Turkey has been given what looks like an ultimatum from the European Union Commission: open your ports for ships from Cyprus within a month, or you may risk a halt…
Hezbollah: pragmatic but not reformist
Serious thinking about reforming Lebanon's fragile and inefficient system of governance has been among the casualties of the recent war. Political reform has never topped the agenda of Lebanon's leaders,…
Don't wrongly assume Arab strongmen are the right man
The recent American election has brought an unhappy convergence of left and right, a bizarre meeting of the minds in which liberals who despise the American mission in Iraq and…
Religious scholars slam Farouk Hosny for anti veil remarks
Minister's supporters fear disproportionate reactions for expressing their opinionCAIRO: Farouk Hosny, Minister of Culture, set off a firestorm late last week when he criticized the hijab head scarf and those…
