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A handout picture made available on March 14, 2015 by the Egyptian presidency shows Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (R) and Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (C) listening to Egyptian investment minister Ashraf Salman (3rd-R) as they look at a scale model of the new Egyptian capital displayed at the congress hall in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. (AFP Photo/Mohamed Samaaha/Egyptian Presidency HO)

Egypt, UAE ink deal to build brand new capital east of Cairo

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...

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Dubai’s Crown Prince, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Dubai Crown Prince: We aim to be at the global forefront by 2021

by Musaid Al-Zayani | Dec 29, 2014 | Business

Dubai, Asharq Al-Awsat—In 2007, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and constitutional monarch of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, launched an ambitious eight-year plan, the Dubai Strategic Plan 2015, aiming to make Dubai a smart,...

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A tourist buys a poster of Egypt’s army chief, Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who is also pictured on a shirt, at a vendor in Tahrir square in Cairo February 22, 2014. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)

Lessons from Egypt’s Cult of Leadership

by Elizabeth Monier | Feb 23, 2014 | Majalla Blogs

Egypt’s presidential election, set to be held before the end of April, is fast approaching. The man expected to win is Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Commander-in-Chief of the army, Minister of Defense, and clearly the real power behind the ouster of Mohamed...