Dating back 134 years, the Egyptian Exchange is one of the oldest bourses in the world and the Middle East. In 1883, the Alexandria Bourse was established then the Cairo Bourse followed in 1903. In this article, I will lay out what I think we need (...)
Egyptians are known for their sarcasm and sense of humour, even in the darkest times, and I am no exception. Sometimes we must joke to overcome pain – if not, we might explode. The end result is a mixture of tragedy and humour.
It might seem (...)
Hisham Tawfik, Chairman of Arabeya Online Brokerage (AOLB) and Board Member of the Egyptian Exchange, has criticized the EGX for collecting fees from the investors in return for providing them with information they need to get such as trading data (...)
CAIRO - Televisions! Where would we be without them? I guess we would be someplace where there are no televisions! The other day there was a very interesting movie on television and I believe that “interesting” is the right word I didn't like it but (...)
Amr Hussein discovers Egyptian rai
Rai music, a product of northwestern Africa, has crossed over into the Middle East and Europe thanks to the success of individual artists like Algerian Cheb Khaled and Moroccan Cheb Mami. The word rai, derived from (...)
Amr Hussein keeps up with the local rock scene
Circus Guy is an American rock band that has performed in Cairo, Alexandria and Fayoum. It consists of lead singers and guitar-playing brothers Michael and Taha Rasam Culhane, vocalist and guitarist (...)
Embracing Ramadan nightlife, Amr Hussein spends two evenings at Beit Al-Harrawi
Cairo nightlife takes on a different form during the holy month. Music lovers depart the Cairo Opera House, heading for the city's old neighbourhoods. Where rock and (...)
Cairo's live music venues are slightly less thin on the ground than they were. Amr Hussein visits one of them
The number of Cairo venues offering live music performances, if not exactly burgeoning, have certainly grown in recent years. And one of (...)