Lawyers argue in court that the shutdown of mobile networks in January during the uprising that ousted president Hosni Mubarak has cost losses in lives. One New York based non-profit is seeking to assure a similar trajectory is not (...)
CAIRO: The Tahrir, a day-trip tourist boat, has no beds. All tasks including cooking meals and cleaning the boat were shared among its occupants, a sort of characters from law professors, grandparents, journalists and others each laboring for a (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian human rights activist Hossam Bahgat will be one of seven advocates honored in November 2011 by Human Rights Watch (HRW), with the Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism.
Bahgat is the founder and director of the (...)
CAIRO: The European Union made their latest installment in the effort to support and work alongside the developments occurring the Middle East and North Africa region by implementing the EU Special Representative for the Southern Mediterranean (...)
CAIRO: Currently, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is a net importer of information and communications technology (ICT). Companies in the region purchase ICT products and services that enhance efficiency, but due to heavy outsourcing, (...)
CAIRO: Orascom Holding will deploy Infor's Performance Management solution at its head office in Cairo, according to a statement released this week.
Infor Performance Management will help centralize and automate the capture of financial data (...)
CAIRO: The European Union has elected to cancel a mission of scientists to Egypt tasked with inspecting seed and vegetable production. This comes in response to last week's announcement by the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce calling for (...)
CAIRO: More often than not people equate the unprecedented with the improbable.
Such an inclination was evident this spring as the unprecedented occurred allowing many throughout Egypt to consider what had once been rendered improbable. As (...)
CAIRO: Despite a 5-percent decrease of global FDI inflows in 2010, Egypt retained its position as one of the leading FDI recipients in Africa, second to only Angola, according to the recently launched World Investment Report.
For the second (...)
“Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within,” said Claudia Johnson, professor of English Literature at Princeton.
Such sentiment has been (...)
CAIRO: As Tahrir Square continues to play host to Egyptians seeking a forum to voice their concerns regarding the impending trajectory of their country, the economy is looking to emerge from a state of paralysis.
Lael Brainard, the US Under (...)
CAIRO: In 2009 Barack Obama visited Cairo and delivered a speech that echoed through the Middle East. While extending a hand to Egypt and the region as a whole, the American president sought to unite the two parties.
“So long as our relationship (...)
CAIRO: As the summer months usher in heat from the sun above making this region unique to the world, Egypt is taking a new step forward in harnessing this untapped energy source.
Tucked away roughly 90 km south of the bustling streets of Cairo lies (...)