Facing adversity
With the Euromoney conference scheduled to begin next week, Sherine Abdel-Razek investigates the measures Arab economies are taking to face the global economic slowdown and the impact of escalating regional tensions

Back to school

Families thronged the Cairo International Fairgrounds to snap up school supplies at bargain prices. Eman Youssef paid a visi

The road to Damascus
On the occasion of Egypt's participation in the 48th Damascus International Fair, Gamal Essam El-Din spoke with Egypt's ambassador to Syria about the dramatic growth in commercial relations between the two countries

Slowly but surely
Mona El-Fiqi reviews an American consultancy firm's report on the challenges facing Egypt's privatisation programme

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