Egypt urges ceasefire in Sudan as EU denounces RSF brutality after El-Fasher's capture    Finance Ministry introduces new VAT facilitations to support taxpayers    Al-Ahram Chemicals invests $10m to establish formaldehyde, derivatives complex in Sokhna    Egypt to launch national health tourism platform in push to become Global Medical Hub by 2030    Kuwaiti PM arrives in Cairo for talks to bolster economic ties    Omar Hisham Talaat: Media partnership with 'On Sports' key to promoting Egyptian golf tourism    CBE governor attends graduation ceremony of Future Leaders programme at EBI    Counting Down to Grandeur: Grand Egyptian Museum Opens Its Doors This 1st November    Egypt, Medipha sign MoU to expand pharmaceutical compounding, therapeutic nutrition    Egypt establishes high-level committee, insurance fund to address medical errors    Egypt brokers breakthrough AfCFTA deal on trade rules after 4 years of stalemate    EGX closes mostly red on 29 Oct    In pictures: New gold, silver coins celebrate the Grand Egyptian Museum    Pakistan-Afghanistan talks fail over militant safe havens    Egypt's Zohr field adds 70m cubic feet of gas per day from new well — minister    Sisi expands national support fund to include diplomats who died on duty    Egypt's Foreign Ministry voices appreciation for Sisi's gesture for diplomats who died on duty    Al-Sisi reaffirms Egypt's commitment to religious freedom in meeting with World Council of Churches    Egypt, Saudi Arabia discuss boosting investment, trade ties at FII9 in Riyadh    Egypt joins high-level talks in Riyadh to advance two-state solution for Palestine    Health Ministry outlines medical readiness for Grand Egyptian Museum opening 1 Nov.    Madinaty Golf Club to host 104th Egyptian Open    Egypt becomes regional hub for health investment, innovation: Abdel Ghaffar    LG Electronics Egypt expands local manufacturing, deepens integration of local components    Egypt medics pull off complex rescue of Spanish tourist in Sneferu's Bent Pyramid    Egypt Open Junior and Ladies Golf Championship concludes    Treasures of the Pharaohs Exhibition in Rome draws 50,000 visitors in two days    Al-Sisi reviews final preparations for Grand Egyptian Museum opening    Egypt's PM reviews efforts to remove Nile River encroachments    Al-Sisi: Cairo to host Gaza reconstruction conference in November    Egypt will never relinquish historical Nile water rights, PM says    Al-Sisi, Burhan discuss efforts to end Sudan war, address Nile Dam dispute in Cairo talks    Syria releases preliminary results of first post-Assad parliament vote    Egypt resolves dispute between top African sports bodies ahead of 2027 African Games    Germany among EU's priciest labour markets – official data    Paris Olympic gold '24 medals hit record value    It's a bit frustrating to draw at home: Real Madrid keeper after Villarreal game    Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban    Shoukry reviews with Guterres Egypt's efforts to achieve SDGs, promote human rights    Sudan says countries must cooperate on vaccines    Johnson & Johnson: Second shot boosts antibodies and protection against COVID-19    Egypt to tax bloggers, YouTubers    Egypt's FM asserts importance of stability in Libya, holding elections as scheduled    We mustn't lose touch: Muller after Bayern win in Bundesliga    Egypt records 36 new deaths from Covid-19, highest since mid June    Egypt sells $3 bln US-dollar dominated eurobonds    Gamal Hanafy's ceramic exhibition at Gezira Arts Centre is a must go    Italian Institute Director Davide Scalmani presents activities of the Cairo Institute for ITALIANA.IT platform    

Articles of the author Dina Abdel Fattah
The Procurement Paradox: Why Women-Owned Firms Remain Excluded
Only about 1% of total procurement spending—public and private—reaches women-owned firms. That figure isn't about merit; it's about market design—how tenders are written, how bids are scored, how contracts are financed, and how transparency is (...)

27 - 10 - 2025
Pilot Launch of the D-MENA Bank CEO CompositeTM
Why launch an independent index now? Banks across the Middle East and North Africa have entered a new phase in the global financial system—marked by larger cross-border capital flows, broader product suites, and market footprints, and a steadier (...)

26 - 10 - 2025
The Survivors of Nothingness — Part Two
After pausing in the previous essay to observe the great transformation overtaking human consciousness in this age of cosmic acceleration, we now turn to its most perilous outcome: time. Time is no longer a simple rhythm of existence; it has become (...)

21 - 10 - 2025
The Survivors of Nothingness — Episode (I)
The world is not collapsing, as it might appear from afar; it is reorganising itself from within— rearranging its architecture beneath the same skin. What we are living through is not a series of isolated crises but a single vibration running (...)

20 - 10 - 2025
From Impression to Analysis: What International Performance Indicators Reveal about Egypt
Cairo Ranks No. 1 in International Influence under the C2R Index's Foreign-Policy Pillar Egypt's Economy Holds the Region's Strongest Reserves and Credit Confidence I've been often accused of favouring criticism over praise — of writing from the (...)

19 - 10 - 2025
From Impression to Vision: One Hundred Ideas for a New Electoral Awareness
Analysis by Dina Abdel Fattah In an age of accelerating change and fierce competition among nations for the future, politics can no longer remain captive to slogans or confined to loyalties. It must evolve into thought, programme, and (...)

19 - 10 - 2025
Egypt: Guardian of Heritage, Waiting for the World's Conscience
This month, a new chapter in history closes as the long-running dispute over Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai finally draws to an end. Egypt, Greece, and the Greek Orthodox Church have reached an amicable settlement, resolving months of tension (...)

17 - 10 - 2025
Nobel: The Prize That Honours Conscience, Not Power — and María Corina Machado, Who Changed the Equation
For over a century, the Nobel Peace Prize has preserved its unique role as a beacon of moral independence in a turbulent political world. It is not awarded under governmental pressure, nor judged by the scale of influence or gain, but bestowed upon (...)

10 - 10 - 2025
Egypt Writes Calm Anew: How Cairo Engineered the Ceasefire in Gaza
The announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza at dawn on Thursday, 9 October, 2025, in Sharm El-Sheikh was hardly a surprise. It was yet another confirmation of Egypt's enduring imprint on the very architecture of Arab diplomacy. Since the dawn of the (...)

09 - 10 - 2025
October's Legacy: A Nation That Won the War and Mastered the Peace
Egypt: The Only Arab Victory That Redefined the Middle East On 6 October, Egypt does not merely commemorate a military triumph that changed the course of history; it reaffirms to the world that it remains the only Arab nation in the Middle East to (...)

06 - 10 - 2025
From the Ashes of Dynamite to the Light of Nobel
Stockholm, 6 October 2025 — The world's gaze once more turns to the Swedish capital as the Nobel Committees prepare to unveil this year's laureates — the highest honours in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace, and economic sciences. For (...)

06 - 10 - 2025
Centi-Millionaires: The Hidden Force Redrawing the Global Investment Map
From Bonds to Artificial Intelligence: Where Do the Wealthy Invest Today? Egypt at a Defining Moment: From Transit Stop to Permanent Regional Hub for Smart Capital In recent years, the global economic landscape has ceased to be defined solely by the (...)

04 - 10 - 2025
After the Interest Rate Cut... Egypt Opens the Door to Investment and Growth
What does an interest rate cut mean? When people hear the phrase "the interest rate has been cut," they often wonder: what does this really mean, and why should I care? In simple terms, the interest rate is the price of money — it's what banks pay (...)

02 - 10 - 2025
Egypt After 2025: Navigating a Critical Inflection Point
Amid exceptional global economic turbulence marked by volatility and uncertainty, Egypt stands at a strategic inflection point. The challenge is to recalibrate its growth model by balancing the gains of extensive public sector-led development with (...)

12 - 06 - 2025
58 days that exposed IMF's contradictions on Egypt
In an increasingly entangled world of geopolitics and finance, reading international institutional reports demands more than scanning data and forecasts. It requires attention to language, context, and timing. Between the IMF's May 17 and July 15 (...)

12 - 06 - 2025
Where civilisation begins... and where it ends
Humanity has never progressed by repeating itself or by walking in identical lines. Progress was born the moment someone stepped out of the crowd, when an unusual idea was voiced, when a question was asked that had never been dared before, when the (...)

12 - 06 - 2025
Countdown to 2030: The Gulf Writes Its New Civilisational Chapter
The year 2030 is no longer a distant dream, nor a slogan repeated in political speeches. It is a fixed date on the global calendar — a countdown now measured in days, hours and seconds. As of Sunday, August 24, 2025, only 1,955 days remain before (...)

12 - 06 - 2025
From Jebel Ali to Luanda: UAE redraws the map of maritime dominance
The official visit by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, to Angola this week represents far more than diplomatic protocol. It is a calculated step to extend Abu Dhabi's influence onto the Atlantic seaboard, complementing its (...)

12 - 06 - 2025
Conflicts of interest, forced client takeovers, stolen creativity... the gravest diseases of media
Media is no longer merely a tool for entertainment or news dissemination. On the contrary, it has developed into a full-fledged sector based on intellectual property, creativity, and governance. The media is currently one of the most important (...)

12 - 06 - 2025
Gaza: The Holocaust of Erasure
From the ovens of the past to burial alive under missiles... from traditional starvation to famine by siege! What is unfolding in Gaza is not a conventional war but the Holocaust of the 21st century: a mass erasure administered through aerial (...)

12 - 06 - 2025
The Federal Reserve between Independence and Politicisation: From Johnson to Trump
The establishment of the US Federal Reserve in 1913, in the aftermath of the banking panic of 1907, was intended to insulate monetary policy from the turbulence of politics. Lawmakers recognised that no modern economy could remain stable if (...)

12 - 06 - 2025
Egypt at a Crossroads: Quick Fixes or Sustainable Sovereignty?
Economic Analysis by Dina Abdel Fattah Short-Term Liquidity, Long-Term Risks Egypt's mounting debt burden and the growing weight of external obligations have pushed the government towards a series of high-profile investment deals, mostly with Gulf (...)

12 - 06 - 2025
Policy Caution or Calculated Flexibility: Why Egypt's Central Bank Governor Remains 'Acting'
The fourth renewal of Hassan Abdalla's mandate at the helm of the Central Bank of Egypt leaves an unresolved puzzle: why does he continue to hold the title of "acting governor" rather than full governor? The provisional designation was (...)

12 - 06 - 2025
Media reform in Egypt: Between presidential vision and the weight of reality
Today, the question in Egypt is not whether the media needs to be reformed, but rather if the government has the will to allow it to flourish. For President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, the stakes are nothing less than history itself. At a recent meeting (...)

12 - 06 - 2025
Factories at Crossroads: Egypt's industrial sector between optimism, crisis
Over the past decade, Egypt has undergone sweeping economic changes, with industry positioned as a cornerstone of sustainable growth. Yet amid these transformations, the plight of distressed or shuttered factories has emerged as a sensitive (...)

12 - 06 - 2025
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