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Tags (22) : Egypt

Protests in Egypt

Yacout Info | 10/28/2011 | News
Several thousand protesters in Cairo called on the ruling military on Friday to promptly transfer power to a civilian government and exclude old regime figures from politics. The protesters in Tahrir Square, the epicentre of Egypt’s uprising that ousted president Hosni Mubarak in February,...
Egypt, protest, Tahrir Square, transfer power

The battle for the soul of Islam

| 10/25/2011 | Yacoupedia
In 1086, the last sovereign King of Andalusia “Al-Mu’tamid” made a call for help. He needed support in his battle against the King of Leon and Castile Alfonso VI. The support came from Morocco by devotees of a fundamentalist sect known as the Almoravids (Al-Morabiton), a Berber dynasty that emerged...
Aflfonso, Al Nahada, Almoravids, Bikaya Masr, Cordoba, Egypt, Fairuz, Osama Bin Layden, Sharia, Tunisia

Arab Protests Send Tourists to Europe, Costing Region $7 Billion

Yacout Info | 10/17/2011 | Tourism
Shaun Mattingley began arranging a tailor-made family holiday to Cairo, Luxor and Aswan five months before their Feb. 19 departure, eager to show his wife and daughter “the Egypt I had grown to love over the years.” They never made it. With Hosni Mubarak’s regime in its dying days, he canceled...
Arab protest, cost to Mena region Orascom Develoment, Egypt, Morocco, Syria, Tourists to Europe, Tunisia, Turkey

Egypt¹s Military Expands Power, Raising Alarms

Yacout Info | 10/16/2011 | News
Egypt’s military rulers are moving to assert and extend their own power so broadly that a growing number of lawyers and activists are questioning their willingness to ultimately submit to civilian authority. Two members of the military council that took power after the ouster of former President...
Egypt, Hilary Rodham Clinton, islamic brotherhood, militaery rulers, Parliament, United States

Morocco replaces Egypt as host for qualifiers

Yacout Info | 10/14/2011 | News
The Confederation of African Football says Morocco will replace Egypt as host for the continent’s Olympic football qualifying tournament after an upsurge in violence in Cairo. CAF says on Thursday the cities of Marrakech and Tangiers will be the main venues for the eight-team under-23 competition....
CAF, Egypt, Marrakesh, Morocco, Tangiers

TUI Travel On Track To Meet Full-year View – Update

Yacout Info | 09/22/2011 | News
UK-based travel operator TUI Travel Plc (TT.L: News ) said on Thursday, in a trading update,that it is on track to meet its full-year expectations. The company said its winter bookings are satisfactory overall and booked load factors are in line with its expectations. Meanwhile, TUI shares are...
Belgium, bookings, Canada, Egypt, Germany, London Stock Exchange, Netherlands, Peter Long, TUI, Tunisia

Mena faces shortage of 3.5m affordable homes

Yacout Info | 09/19/2011 | News
 The Mena region is facing a shortage of 3.5 million affordable homes, with the biggest undersupply in Egypt, Iraq, Morocco and Saudi markets — a major challenge, given that this is one of the reasons behind the political turmoil in the Arab world, a Jones Lang Lasalle report said. Egypt...
Egypt, housing shortage, Iraq, Jones Lang Lasalle, Mena, Morocco, Saudi, UAE

" Recharing of Colours" exhibition of the artist Abdelaziz Boussoussa

Yacout Info | 09/18/2011 | News
Exhibition organized under the aegis of the Maroc Telecom Association for business creation and employment promotion, at the Mohammed V Theatre, Rabat.    Joan Miro, the Spanish painter of the last century  painted a beautiful picture which he called the "singing fish"....
Abdelaziz Boussoussa, anchor, Egypt, Farid Moha, Fish, Joan Miro

Moroccan FM calls for expanding Agadir initiative within participative framework

Yacout Info | 09/17/2011 | News
Moroccan Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri called for expanding the Agadir initiative, which brings together Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan, to make of the region not only a space of free trade, but also a participative framework to achieve an enlarged integration including all strategic,...
Deauville, Egypt, International foruim, Rabat, Taieb Fassi Fihri, Tunisia

Morocco's eligibility for G8 funding stems from its reforms' adequacy - official says

Yacout Info | 09/11/2011 | News
Morocco's eligibility to benefit from the G8 funding to support democracy in the Arab countries stems from the adequacy of its reforms, said, Saturday in Marseille, Economy and Finance Minister Salaheddine Mezouar, who represents the Kingdom at the Group of Eight finance chiefs meeting.  ...
Egypt, eligibilty, G8 funds, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia

G8 extends Arab financing pledge to $38 bln, includes Libya

Yacout Info | 09/10/2011 | News
Group of Eight finance chiefs pledged on Saturday $38 billion in financing to Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco and Jordan over 2011-13 and said Libya’s interim ruling council would be invited to join the scheme.   Finance ministers and senior officials from the G7 major economies plus Russia extended...
38 billion, Arab Financing pledge, Egypt, G8, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

Opening of an urgent meeting of the Arab League on the Israeli aggression against Gaza

Yacout Info | 08/21/2011 | News
Work for an urgent meeting of the Board of the Arab League opened on Sunday in Cairo, at the level of permanent delegates, with the objective of discussing the "impact of the current situation following the continued Israeli aggression against Gaza. "  In a statement to the press shortly...
Arab League, Cairo, Egypt, Gaza, Isreal agression, Mohamed Sibh, Palestine

The trial of former Egyptian Minister of Interior postponed to 5th September

Yacout Info | 08/15/2011 | News
Cairo-The trial of former Egyptian Interior Minister Habib al-Adli and six of his colleagues, charged with the killing of protestors during the revolution of January 25 was postponed to September 5.  The Cairo Criminal Court decided Sunday to postpone the trial of former Egyptian Minister...
Egypt, Former Minister if Interior, Habib Al Adli, postponed, Trial

The Economic Impact of the Arab Spring on the Region

Yacout Info | 06/14/2011 | Economy
Six months have passed since the Tunisian vegetable street hawker Mohamed Bouazizi set himself ablaze starting a region wide revolution that has toppled the Presidents of Egypt and Tunisia with the leaders of Yemen and Libya are following fast. The wave of protests swept through Bahrain, Jordan and...
Bahrain, Egypt, IMF, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, World Bank

Unrest hits 'Kasbah' tourist spots

Yacout Info | 05/31/2011 | News
Political unrest is causing British holidaymakers to switch away from the "Costa del Kasbah" destinations of Egypt, Tunisia and Turkey, it has been revealed. Instead, UK tourists are taking more trips to traditional favourites such as France, Italy and Spain, according to an analysis of nearly five...
Egypt, Europe gains, Kasbah, Morocco, Tourist figure drop, Tunisia, Turkey

Lowest Tax Regimes

Yacout Info | 04/18/2011 | Economy
Most Gulf states offer some of the lowest tax rates to Forbes 2000 companies. But is there a link between the trouble in other Middle East states and their tax rates?How attractive are Gulf tax rates for international companies? The short answer is: very. The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia,...
Egypt, Morocco, Qatar, Tax regimes

Arab stock turnover sinks $247bn

Yacout Info | 03/20/2011 | Economy
Share dealing in the Arab equity markets plummeted by nearly $247 billion through 2010 and the bulk of the decline was in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf markets, official figures showed on Tuesday. But the decline did not affect the value of IPOs, which soared by around 28 per cent, while capital...
Abu Dhabi, AMF, Arab Stock, Bahrain, Dubai, Egypt, IPOs, Morocco, Saudi Aeabia

Political Risk Erupts in Arab World - Negative Rating Pressure to Persist

Yacout Info | 03/05/2011 | Yacoupedia
Fitch Ratings says that the recent outbreak of unprecedented unrest in a number of Middle Eastern countries has put downward pressure on the region's sovereign ratings and will continue to do so, even as new political arrangements emerge. Risks have increased, both political and economic, to...
Egypt, Fitch, Libya, Middle East, Political risk, Tunisia

Egypt, UK Tackle Means of Supporting Economy

Yacout Info | 02/23/2011 | News
Egypt’s Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq asserts the willingness of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces and the government to cross this phase successfully and achieve the goals of Egyptians. Shafiq's remarks came during a meeting Monday with British Prime Minister David Cameron. Shafiq asserted...
Ahmed Shafiq, David Cameron, Egypt, Morocco

The speech by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Internet freedom

Yacout Info | 02/18/2011 | Yacoupedia
"Our allegiance to the rule of law is not lost in cyberspace - our commitment to protecting civil liberties and human rights" Clinton said. A few minutes before midnight, January 28, the Internet went out across Egypt. Over the previous four days, hundreds of thousands of Egyptians took to the...
Egypt, freedom of expreesion, Hilary Clinton, Internet freedom, President Obama

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