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Articles of the author BASMA MAHDI SAMAR SAMIR
Two Egyptian activists wounded in Tahrir clashes
CAIRO: Egyptian political activist Malek Mustafa was shot below his right eye, tweeted Egyptian human rights activist and Director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Gamal Eid. Eid called for the dismissal of Egyptian Prime Minister Essam (...)

19 - 11 - 2011
Egypt's presidential candidate goes on hunger strike to support blogger's mother
CAIRO: Egyptian presidential hopeful Bothaina Kamel has gone on hunger strike to support Laila Soueif, detained Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah's mother, who has been on hunger strike for eight days now. Bothaina tweeted, "I will join my dear (...)

14 - 11 - 2011
People Alliance withdraws from Egyptian Bloc
CAIRO: The Egyptian People Alliance Party withdrew from the Egyptian Bloc lists running for parliamentary seats, said General Secretariat member of the People Alliance, Talaat Fahmy. The decision to withdraw was made since the Egyptian Bloc did (...)

13 - 10 - 2011
Friday demonstration chance to reject Emergency Law
CAIRO: The People's Alliance Party said it will participate in upcoming parliamentary elections. The group also said it will pressure Egypt's ruling military council to change the newly-revived Emergency Law, according to Ibrahim (...)

29 - 09 - 2011
Egypt football fans released, trial to be Sep. 19
CAIRO: The Egyptian Children's Court adjourned the trial of seven Al-Ahly ultras (football fans). Their trial will begin on September 19. All those accused of rioting after last week's march between Al-Ahly and Kima Aswan have been (...)

12 - 09 - 2011
Egyptian Christians protest for Coptic personal status code
CAIRO: Egyptian Group of Coptic Christians announced they would stage a protest outside the Ministry of Justice headquarters on July 7. They call for a Coptic personal status code. Their Facebook page, “Yes for personal status code for Christians (...)

21 - 06 - 2011
Daqahlyia farmers call for a Syndicate
DAQAHLYIA, Egypt: Daqahlyia farmers traveled to Cairo to participate in a demonstration before the Egyptian Cabinet headquarters on Thursday. The farmers protested against suppression by the Awqaf (religious endowments) authority in the (...)

06 - 05 - 2011
Ahrar: Literature's role in Jan25's success
DAQAHLYIA, Egypt: The new Egyptian Ahrar Party held its first cultural seminar in Mansoura yesterday under the title, “The role of literature in the Egyptian Revolution.” The seminar was chaired by Ahrar's highest authority, Hamada (...)

05 - 05 - 2011
From a bank manager's diary
IN the framework of my constant efforts to develop the bank and its employees, and while seeking to a sense of idealism I always wanted to reach in every aspect related to the bank, connected to high level of performance to extend distinguished (...)

30 - 06 - 2010
From a bank manager's diary
MY secretary reminded me today of tomorrow's meeting of the company's board of directors in which the bank was a shareholder. I was a member of that board of directors in my capacity as the representative of the bank's share. Like all banks, the (...)

09 - 06 - 2010
From a bank manager's diary
TODAY I will deliver a speech at a symposium about the guarantees received by banks from clients as collaterals for granting credit. I prepared all the points which I wanted to cover; yet before that I unleashed my imagination and my mind to (...)

02 - 06 - 2010
From a bank manager's diary
AS part of my periodic meetings with each department of the bank's regional headquarters, I was scheduled for a meeting with the Public Relations Department. My meetings with branches were not limited to visits, as they extended to include each (...)

26 - 05 - 2010
From a bank manager's diary
I WAS very annoyed today at the high turnover rate in the computer sector at the bank, for no month passes without being faced with the resignation of one of the manpower in this sector claiming he received an offer from another bank or institution (...)

28 - 04 - 2010
From a bank manager's diary
TODAY I appointed a legal councilor for the bank, despite the existence of a Legal department at the bank that is subsidiary to me directly, presided by a manager and consisting of six lawyers who answer the inquiries of the branches, review the (...)

23 - 04 - 2010
From a bank manager's diary
MY secretary requested that I set an appointment with the representatives of one of the Arab Banking Institutions todiscuss the possibility of handing over to them the excess banknotes in the foreign currencies at the bank and transferring it to the (...)

14 - 04 - 2010
From a Bank Manager's Diary
AT the end of September of each year, the Public Relations Administration at the bank collects offers from companies of advertising and publishing materials, and gifts for the new year in order to prepare the new year's gifts that banks, (...)

07 - 04 - 2010
From a bank manager's diary
TODAY the whole building of the bank, including its headquarters and main branch, is working in less than a quarter of its human resources. It is not for reasons concerning the weather, like snow fall and the inability of many of the employees to (...)

31 - 03 - 2010
From a bank manager's diary
Today I am going to interview a new candidate to be the Administrative Affairs Manager at the bank. I noticed while interviewing him that he gave me his personal business card on which his name and the institution he works in were written, and under (...)

24 - 03 - 2010
From a bank manager's diary
TODAY I am going to interview a new candidate to be the Administrative Affairs Manager at the bank. I noticed while interviewing him that he gave me his personal business card on which his name and the institution he works in were written, and under (...)

24 - 03 - 2010
From a bank manager's diary
MY secretary informed me that there are a lot of people waiting for me both in the waiting room and on the available seats in front of the secretary's office. I was surprised because I had imposed a system according to which everyone should set an (...)

18 - 03 - 2010
From a bank manager's diary
My secretary informed me that there are a lot of people waiting for me both in the waiting room and on the available seats in front of the secretary's office. I was surprised because I had imposed a system according to which everyone should set an (...)

17 - 03 - 2010
From a bank manager's diary
PREVIOUSLY, in the banks, we were depending on the bank's own resources to provide the bank's services. The banks were a fortified bastion which no one can approach but those with interests. The one, who was wandering in the bank's paths, was either (...)

11 - 03 - 2010
From a bank manager's diary
Previously, in the banks, we were depending on the bank's own resources to provide the bank's services. The banks were a fortified bastion which no one can approach but those with interests. The one who was wandering in the bank's paths was either (...)

10 - 03 - 2010
From a bank manager's diary
TODAY we send the statements of accounts to clients. This process is carried out in the last quarter of each year, upon the request of the external auditor, by sending the status of each client's accounts with the bank until the end of October. The (...)

03 - 03 - 2010
From a bank manager's diary
THROUGH all the stages where I worked as a branch manager or as a manager of the bank as a whole, I used to rely heavily on the internal control aspects in the bank to check on the proper work course and its accuracy, quality and adherence to the (...)

25 - 02 - 2010
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