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Sudanese Female Vendors Struggle in Scorching Heat

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 30, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Khartoum- In Sudan, women selling snacks represent an important category of marginalized citizens who live under the poverty line. These women are found on the streets, on the doorsteps of institutions and schools, aiming to sell their commodities under the scorching...

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Saudi Financial Ministry: Selective Tax not to be Implemented

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Jan 5, 2017 | Business

Riyadh – Ministry of Finance in Saudi Arabia said it has not yet implemented the selective tax on commodities such as soft drinks, energy drinks and tobacco. Upcoming April is expected to witness the completion of this step. Asharq Al-Awsat Newspaper was...

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Smoke rises in Egypt’s North Sinai as seen from the border of southern Gaza Strip with Egypt July 1, 2015. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

ISIS in Sinai Prohibits Arms, Commodity Transport to Hamas

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 19, 2016 | Middle East

Sinai- Palestinian sources told Asharq al-Awsat that ISIS in Sinai has been prohibiting, for two weeks, traders of Rafah from bringing commodities into Gaza Strip after Hamas had stopped its coordination with the organization and arrested hundreds of its supporters....

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European Shares Suffer Fresh Commodities-Related Blow

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 24, 2016 | Business, World

London – With weaker commodities prices and confrontational comments from another Fed official adding pressure on the broader stock market, European equities slipped for a fourth straight session on Thursday. A chorus of officials accompanied by St. Louis Fed...

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Palestinian groom Emad al-Malalha, 21, walks with Manal Abu Shanar, 17, his Egyptian bride inside a smuggling tunnel beneath the Gaza-Egypt border in the southern Gaza Strip March 21, 2013. (REUTERS)

The Tunnel Economy

by Ali Ibrahim | Apr 2, 2013 | Opinion

On March 21 a couple from both sides of the Sinai border, an Egyptian bride and Palestinian groom, chose a strange place to take pictures of their wedding. They posed in one of the tunnels that pass underground through the border between Rafah in Egypt and the Gaza...