Cairenes often think of Fayoum, a region 130 kilometers south of the national capital, as the largest nearby oasis, and home to one of Egypt’s most beautiful lakes. Many are oblivious to its ecotourist developments, run by Cooperazione Internazionale Sud-Sud.
Known in English as the International South-South Cooperation (CISS), the Italian NGO has helped the governorate [...]
In February, Al Arabiya celebrated five years on air by opening a state-of-the-art newsroom at its Dubai headquarters. The giant, circular room is scattered with studios and wrapped in a continuous, four-foot-high digital screen that changes in lock step with each broadcast.
The pan-Arab satellite TV channel has earned a reputation for breaking fast-moving news stories. [...]
When Cominvest, the asset management unit of Germany’s second largest bank, Commerzbank, prepared to open its first foreign branch, it considered Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar, finally settling on Dubai.
“Our parent company, Commerzbank, has been in Beirut for more than 50 years and Bahrain for more than 30 years but we chose Dubai,” says Cominvest [...]
DUBAI.Mediaquest Corp. has taken the reins of the publishing and events divisions of Gray Business Communications (GBC). The deal, which takes effect on January 2, adds a number of titles to the Mediaquest Corp. portfolio including Gulf Marketing Review, GMR-Online, Al Tasweeq Al Arabi, RaceWeek and several sports publications. Mediaquest also takes [...]
DUBAI. Leading international management consultancy McKinsey & Co. has said that healthcare providers in the Gulf – both public and private – are grappling with an acute shortage of clinical staff. “The shortage of medical professionals is a worldwide phenomenon but is particularly severe in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries [...]
Instead of opening Lebanon’s struggling agriculture sector to lucrative export markets, free trade agreements have sent the country’s farmers into a tailspin. Imports have flooded the market, meaning farmers are now unable to sell to their domestic market.
The consequences of the EULebanon Association Agreement, signed in March 2003, have [...]
When Gulf Cooperation Council rulers met early last month in Doha for their 28th Summit, the Gulf region was preoccupied with the war in Iraq, while under the threat of a new confrontation involving Iran. The Summit host, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifah Al Thani, the emir of Qatar, warned that [...]
DUBAI. The Dubai Export Development Corp. (DEDC) will implement a credit insurance scheme for exporters in the next few months as part of its efforts to deliver value-added trade support services for Dubai exporters, the chairman of the corporation, Khalid Al Kassim, said. Addressing an export development corporation seminar, From [...]
AB U DHAB I. The Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. (Taqa), a publicly listed company on the Abu Dhabi Securities Market, has become the first GCC company to be invited to join the 3C (Combat Climate Change) Initiative. It is a global opinion group of prominent business leaders demanding integration of climate [...]
