US economy contracts in Q1 '25    Golf Festival in Cairo to mark Arab Golf Federation's 50th anniversary    EGP closes high vs. USD on Wednesday    Germany's regional inflation ticks up in April    Taiwan GDP surges on tech demand    Germany among EU's priciest labour markets – official data    UNFPA Egypt, Bayer sign agreement to promote reproductive health    Egypt to boost marine protection with new tech partnership    Eygpt's El-Sherbiny directs new cities to brace for adverse weather    CBE governor meets Beijing delegation to discuss economic, financial cooperation    Egypt's investment authority GAFI hosts forum with China to link business, innovation leaders    Cabinet approves establishment of national medical tourism council to boost healthcare sector    Egypt's Gypto Pharma, US Dawa Pharmaceuticals sign strategic alliance    Egypt's Foreign Minister calls new Somali counterpart, reaffirms support    "5,000 Years of Civilizational Dialogue" theme for Korea-Egypt 30th anniversary event    Egypt's Al-Sisi, Angola's Lourenço discuss ties, African security in Cairo talks    Egypt's Al-Mashat urges lower borrowing costs, more debt swaps at UN forum    Two new recycling projects launched in Egypt with EGP 1.7bn investment    Egypt's ambassador to Palestine congratulates Al-Sheikh on new senior state role    Egypt pleads before ICJ over Israel's obligations in occupied Palestine    Sudan conflict, bilateral ties dominate talks between Al-Sisi, Al-Burhan in Cairo    Cairo's Madinaty and Katameya Dunes Golf Courses set to host 2025 Pan Arab Golf Championship from May 7-10    Egypt's Ministry of Health launches trachoma elimination campaign in 7 governorates    EHA explores strategic partnership with Türkiye's Modest Group    Between Women Filmmakers' Caravan opens 5th round of Film Consultancy Programme for Arab filmmakers    Fourth Cairo Photo Week set for May, expanding across 14 Downtown locations    Egypt's PM follows up on Julius Nyerere dam project in Tanzania    Ancient military commander's tomb unearthed in Ismailia    Egypt's FM inspects Julius Nyerere Dam project in Tanzania    Egypt's FM praises ties with Tanzania    Egypt to host global celebration for Grand Egyptian Museum opening on July 3    Ancient Egyptian royal tomb unearthed in Sohag    Egypt hosts World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Somabay for 3rd consecutive year    Egyptian Minister praises Nile Basin consultations, voices GERD concerns    Paris Olympic gold '24 medals hit record value    A minute of silence for Egyptian sports    Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban    It's a bit frustrating to draw at home: Real Madrid keeper after Villarreal game    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 Magda Shahin
Looking to Africa first
The US and Kenyan governments launched negotiations on a free-trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries in early July. The topic raises a few salient questions, which initially revolve around the reasons that led these two countries to (...)

25 - 08 - 2020
World trade at a crossroads
Is Trumpism affecting the World Trade Organisation (WTO)? Is the WTO, a negotiating forum on international trade rules and regulations, still relevant? Can developing countries maintain their stakes in the WTO? Is the WTO losing steam? What is the (...)

07 - 12 - 2017
Egypt and Europe: Mutual security
The Delphi Economic Forum, an embryo of the Davos Forum, yet no less intriguing, held its second annual meeting in the Greek city of Delphi, home to the famous oracle of Apollo. Speaking for the god Apollo, the oracle of Delphi, Pythia, gave (...)

16 - 03 - 2017
Egypt-US relations in perspective
The recent apparent rapprochement between President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi and President Donald Trump seems to have initially raised some eyebrows, particularly when President Al-Sisi withdrew a draft UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli (...)

02 - 03 - 2017
Egypt will be vital to Trump
Nabil Fahmi, former Egyptian foreign minister and the dean of the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Cairo, and Wendy Chamberlin, former US ambassador and president of the Middle East Institute in Washington, (...)

23 - 02 - 2017
Obama says farewell
It comes as no surprise that little has been written in the Egyptian press about Obama's farewell speech at the UN General Assembly. Nonetheless, the speech is of vital importance to Egypt and the region, not for what it entails, but rather for what (...)

18 - 10 - 2016
Egyptians are fond of Trump on wrong premises
Who will serve Egypt's interest best, the Republican Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate? This was the topic of a debate that Egypt's most famous anchor, Ibrahim Eissa, invited Emad Gad, vice-director of Al-Ahram Centre for (...)

30 - 08 - 2016
Rescuing the Obama doctrine
It seems that the muddled 2016 US elections can be traced back to the rise of President Obama in 2008 and his winning the nomination over Hillary Clinton, the then strong establishment candidate. Thereafter, challenging the establishment became the (...)

04 - 04 - 2016
Winners and losers of a WTO breakdown
The World Trade Organisation (WTO), the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), is an international governmental organisation set up to help international trade flow more smoothly and predictably. It serves as a negotiating (...)

09 - 12 - 2015
Reading the US elections
If I were asked to describe the United States' elections, here are the words I would choose: unique, brutal, powerful, intriguing, audacious, undemocratic and convoluted. And I mean every word, and will explain why. I assure the reader that, coming (...)

27 - 10 - 2015
A new development paradigm?
We have a new set of development goals. This time they are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030, to be hailed by yet another UN summit on September 25-27, within the framework of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly. The (...)

01 - 09 - 2015
Regional or bust?
Regional trading agreements are being crafted seemingly in parallel with the multilateral trading system. Or at least this is what economists would like to have us believe amid the recent trend towards negotiating mega-regional trade agreements. In (...)

18 - 08 - 2015
What about the Arab-Israeli conflict?
At an unusually long press conference at the White House on 15 July, US President Barack Obama was eager to explain his unequivocal support for the Iranian nuclear deal. The deal has been instrumental in boosting his policy on the Middle East, which (...)

21 - 07 - 2015
Opting for trade facilitation
One could claim that the developing countries are latecomers to the multilateral trading system. When the Uruguay Round trade negotiations ended in the mid-1990s, the developing countries made their debut in the system. They willingly accepted the (...)

21 - 07 - 2015
Does Obama still deserve the Nobel Prize?
When Alfred Nobel designed his peace prize in 1895, it was clear that he granted it to encourage peace efforts. Ever since, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has annually created a shortlist of government officials, members of international institutions (...)

27 - 05 - 2015
Getting ready for March
One can but respect and admire the government's efforts to prepare itself early enough for the March event: the conference to revitalise Egypt's ailing economy. It seems that the month of November was full of these efforts. The successful trips of (...)

31 - 12 - 2014
Recovering Egypt's historic regional role
Egypt has passed through a prolonged three-year critical period, including two successive revolutions, losing much influence and leverage on the domestic as well as the regional level. Many would like to believe that such weakening has rendered (...)

01 - 10 - 2014
Future US-Egyptian cooperation
Unlike the apparent tendency last year to believe that the US was turning towards Asia out of fatigue from Middle East intricacies and President Barack Obama's desperate desire to carve his legacy, it seems that the US is here to stay. It is obvious (...)

18 - 06 - 2014
The impact of the 2014 Constitution on women
Many earnest hopes were attached to the 2014 Constitution that was intended to amend the predominantly Muslim Brotherhood-drafted constitution of 2012. The ill-fated 2012 Constitution aimed to constrain the entire Egyptian society in a straight (...)

13 - 05 - 2014
Towards a pluralistic society
By all measures, Egypt has excelled in its role in the Arab Awakening, a personally preferred term to “Arab Spring” — a term that did not originate in the region, where Spring is known for its sandy and hot wind, not for its flowery blossoms. (...)

13 - 08 - 2013
Future Egypt-US relations
Egypt wants independence in its relations with the US, wherein each country acknowledges the value of its partner on its own merit. The Egypt-US relationship needs to undergo a restructuring with a view to liberating itself from the imposition of (...)

18 - 06 - 2013
Technology-driven education
Educational reform must go beyond enrolment rates and numbers of schools, writes Magda Shahin* Why exactly is there steady complaint about Egypt's educational system? After all, we have overcome a hurdle to give more Egyptians access to education. (...)

26 - 08 - 2010
Egypt's entrepreneurial godfathers
Magda Shahin* sees Egypt as a natural choice for kick-starting Obama's global entrepreneurship drive, but success will require strenuous public-private cooperation Entrepreneurs will lead the "new beginning" between the US and Muslim majority (...)

01 - 07 - 2010
Refocussing Doha
With the policy arena still changed radically by the global economic crisis, the upcoming WTO ministerial meeting is a chance to find new balance in the institution, writes Magda Shahin* There is little that the coming World Trade Organisation (WTO) (...)

26 - 11 - 2009
Informed about fraud
The best defence against growing counterfeit trade is a vigilant consumer, writes Magda Shahin* Pharmaceutical drugs that can cause death or health-related risks; shampoo that can make your hair fall out; electric products that can start fires; (...)

16 - 07 - 2009
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