MENA News Turmoil Hits Tunisia After Secular Politician Shot Dead Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 Tunisian opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi was shot dead on Thursday in the second such assassination this year,…
Banks World Bank to Fund Electricity Generation Administrator Jul 3, 2013 0 The World Bank says it has approved a $585.4m loan to finance Egypt’s Helwan South Plant Project, a new gas-fired…
MENA News Tunisia’s Islamist PM Says Egypt Scenario Unlikely To Happen There Administrator Jul 2, 2013 0 A situation like the one unfolding in Egypt is unlikely to happen in Tunisia - the cradle of the Arab Spring -…
Egypt News Governments Issue Warnings Against Travel To Egypt Administrator Jul 1, 2013 0 The U.S. State Department and UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office have urged citizens to cancel travel plans to or!-->>…
Blogging Americans Wonder: Should We Stop Funding Nations Led by Muslim Brotherhood? Administrator Jun 30, 2013 0 Yes: Weapons sent to Muslim leaders will someday kill Americans; No: Financial aid gives U.S. leverage with…
MENA News Qatar Emir Hands Power To Son, No Word On Prime Minister Yomna Yasser Jun 25, 2013 0 Qatar's emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani handed power on Tuesday to his son, Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim,…
Banks World Bank Invests US$1.25 mln in Egypt’s Job Creation Program Yomna Yasser Jun 17, 2013 0 The World Bank group and its partners are investing more than $1.25 million in the Egypt Development Marketplace…
MENA News Arabs Put (Slim) Hopes In New Iranian President Amwal Al Ghad English Jun 16, 2013 0 The election of a moderate Iranian president could help rein in hostility between Tehran and its Arab neighbors,…
Blogging Egypt’s Perilous Drift Amwal Al Ghad English Jun 16, 2013 0 MARSA ALAM, Egypt — ON Tuesday, I visited a bakery in Cairo’s dirt-poor Imbaba neighborhood, where I watched a…
MENA News IMF Arab Aid Rises To Record As Stiglitz Sees Dramatic Shift Amwal Al Ghad English Jun 5, 2013 0 Less than three years after it was criticized for endorsing policies that deepened economic disparity under Arab…