by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 16, 2015 | Middle East
Sharm El-Sheikh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Sunday wrapped up the Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) which garnered total investments of 175.2 billion US dollars in three days, but said his country needed at least another...
by Salman Al-dossary | Mar 16, 2015 | Opinion
Even the most optimistic of Egyptian officials could not have expected the Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) to succeed the way it has. In one fell swoop Egypt has now officially exited this period of political isolation, delivering a stunning blow to the...
by Ahmad Al-Ghamrawi | Mar 15, 2015 | Business
Sharm El-Sheikh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on Saturday signed a deal to build Egypt’s new administrative capital, east of the existing capital Cairo. The agreement to build the new, as-yet unnamed capital was signed between Egypt’s Ministry of...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Mar 15, 2015 | Opinion
It’s been decades since optimism reigned in Egypt as it did yesterday after the announcement of giant development and construction plans heralding a “new Egypt”. Amid the positivity, there was no mention of the words “Muslim Brotherhood” and there was no...
