Latest in Tag: Arab countries Highlight
Latest in Tag: Arab countries

Trade exchange between Egypt, Arab countries surged by 18% in 2021: Trade Minister
30% of Egypt’s total exports go to Arab markets

Google launches YouTube kids for Arab countries
Application first established in 2015, and is available in 38 languages throughout 86 countries

Qatar, Egypt most affected Arab countries by air pollution: HEI Report
Ambient air pollution accounts for thousands of deaths every year in Arab region

Libyan parliament speaker urges Arab countries to confront ‘Turkish invasion’
Saleh accuses GNA of supporting ‘Turkey’s colonial agendas’

Brazil imports from Arab region reach $7.6bn in 2018
“We expect these figures to rise further in 2019”: President of ABCC

Pharmaceutical cooperation among Arab countries nowhere to be found: Hassouna
“There must be a strong system that starts from production and leads all the way to the consumer”

The back and forth movement of democracy and violence between Arab countries and the west
Democracy and violence have disparate missions and routes that are not comparable. Yet, this reality should not keep us from admitting that while western countries, led by the United States, have failed to promote the spread of democracy to the Arab World, a small number of Arab terrorists have successfully managed to extend their violent …

Egypt ranks 15th in internet speed among Arab countries
Average broadband speed is 0.95 mb/sec, Jordan and Djibouti rank ahead of Egypt

The Middle East between facing threats, challenges and the hope for stability
The following is an abridged and edited transcript of Sayed Ghoniem’s lecture at the NATO defence college on 25 February 2016. During the previous decade, Arab countries faced a number of big challenges, some of which have evolved into threats challenging governments, institutions, and people. There was a deterioration in economic, education, and health …

Problems threatening Egyptian national security
I am not making a mountain out of a molehill if I said that we are undoubtedly facing a fierce attack on our national and Arab identity, through inciting sectarian and religious conflicts within Arab countries. This is the case witnessed recently in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon, which prompted Arab countries to intervene in …

Group of Arab companies asks to establish industrial city in northwest Gulf of Suez with $3bn investments
Alliance formed of a group of Arab companies including Saudi, UAE, and Lebanese companies, which decided to submit a request to General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) to develop an area of 5m sqm in the northwest Gulf of Suez and establish a large industrial city on it

Ministry of Tourism calls for promotion of Egyptian music concerts in Arab countries
A total of 9.3 million tourists arrived in Egypt in 2015, 600,000 less than in 2014, while tourists from Arab countries represented 17% of the total

Egypt’s largest trading partners are European, Arab countries: CBE
EU countries acquired 33.5% of total Egyptian exports by end of Q3 of FY 2014/2015

Rate of Egyptians leaving country increases 17% in 2014
“I left Egypt because I realised that I couldn’t find a decent job in my field, without having connections,” says one immigrant

It is our disease and we must cure it
By Khalaf Ahmad Al-Habtoor Enough sitting around hoping for miracles! Enough waiting for the United States or its Western allies to cleanse the Arab world from the growing cancer of terrorism! Are Arab countries waiting until ‘Islamic State’ fighters knock down their citizens’ doors in what still remains of Arab-controlled territories before acting in a …

Kuwaiti Fund loans Egypt $1.5bn
With latest aid, KFAED’s financial support to Egypt totals 40 loans

Talks to be held mid-April for Arab Customs Union establishment: Ministry of Industry
To date, requirements for establishing the union have not been fulfilled by Arab member states

$4.3bn total investments of 20 Arab countries in Egypt since 2011: GAFI
Qatar top most investor in Egypt, providing approximately $1.3bn in contributions to 47 companies

Tourism ministry aims to increase profits to $10.5bn by FY 2014/2015 end
Ministry of Finance raises allocations to TAA to participate in 21 tourism exhibitions across the world

The Arab World’s options
By Marwan Muasher When the Arab awakening began in 2011, its primary goal should have been to advance pluralism and democracy – causes that were neglected in the Arab world’s first, anti-colonial awakening in the 20th century. But, after three years of struggle, the process has only just begun. Will the second Arab awakening finally …

Egypt’s exports to Brazil surge 9.8% in 2013
Brazilian imports from Arab countries grow by 2% last year, according to the Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.

Citizen exchange programme Dawrak comes to Egypt.
The programme aims to provide Arab countries with tools and skills for exchange and to promote intercultural dialogue, networking and participation