The task ahead
Amid much reservation over its impact on local industry, the Egypt-EU Association Agreement was finally ratified last week. Gamal Essam El-Din and Niveen Wahish report

Building bridges
Just one week after the People's Assembly ratified the EU Partnership Agreement, economists are already pondering how it might help Egypt attract European direct investment. Mona El-Fiqi writes

Kraft takes a bite
The war in Iraq threatens to chase foreign investors away from the region, but the Egyptian food industry has proved to be attractive enough to weather the times. Yasser Sobhi finds out

Fighting for film
As traditional movie-goers stayed home to watch the war, the woes of the cinema industry have reached new heights, reports Eman Youssef