Al Baraka Banking Group B.S.C (ABG) and its banking unit, Al Baraka Islamic Bank B.S.C(C) honored their employees who have spent 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years of continuous service, in a joint ceremony held yesterday evening at the Gulf Hotel and was (...)
By Badawy Shalaby
Abdelmoteleb Mamdouh, head of the El-Shorouk City administration, announced that the city will make 100 acres available for investors at the beginning of next year.
The land is suitable for all commercial or educational (...)
An important Saudi official riding in a chauffered Rolls Royce unspools a wire fence across previously unclaimed land. "It's mine now," he says.
The scene, in a YouTube spoof video satirising a new state agency to combat corruption, has attracted (...)
DUBAI/CAIRO: Saudi Arabia's stock market is likely to be largely unaffected by geopolitical tensions with Iran next week and to focus instead on petrochemical companies which are due to announce quarterly earnings, analysts said.
Washington's (...)
CAIRO: The Division of Food within the Ministry of Social Solidarity and the Holding Company for Food Industries agreed to produce 5,000 tons of sugar in the market and price it at no more than 5 EGP (U.S. $0.8) per kilo.
The initiative came in a (...)
The Saudi royal family appear to be weathering the regional wave of uprisings against autocratic rule, though for how long remains in question, writes Rashid Abul-Samh
The "Day of Rage" called for 11 March in Saudi Arabia by democracy activists (...)
Gulf Arab states led by Saudi Arabia are relying on money, and now military might, to quell protests in their oil-exporting region but are unlikely to halt the unrest without making significant political concessions.
So far, the autocratic rulers (...)
Saudi Arabia has banned blogging and online news websites without a government license. All bloggers must be Saudi nationals, over 20-years-old with a high school degree and are required to “include the call to the religion of Islam” and to strictly (...)
CAIRO - An old Arab dream may be achievable in the near future connecting the Arab world with one railway network.
This is why Italian Railways, through its engineering company Italferr, has been selected, in a consortium with the Jordanian Company (...)
An international conference held this week at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina highlighted the role of libraries in meeting the challenges of the formation age, writes Heba Sharobeem
In a world where human rights are very much celebrated and at the same (...)
Ahmed Fathi's bullet wasn't enough as Kazma were held to a 1-1 home draw by Tadamon in the Kuwaiti League on Thursday.
The Egyptian midfielder, who is on loan from Cairo giants Ahli, broke the deadlock in the 32nd minute with a superb shot from (...)
BEIRUT: Only a few newspapers around the Arab world have been able to combine editorial independence and commercial success, concluded the participants of the second Arab Free Press Forum.
Members of the independent press from across the Arab (...)
For a very long time, almost everyone agreed that media in the Arab world did not reflect the reality of things in a part of the world that has been plagued with wars and conflicts over the past six decades.
Some 10 years ago, satellite TV (...)