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Sales of Arabs, foreigners push EGX30 down by 4.8%
EGX keeps dwindling despite tax incentives, interest rates slash
Parliament officially approves granting Egyptian nationality to foreigners
Reaction varied about decision, a hashtag created to express rejection against it
New amendments approved to grant Egyptian nationality to foreigners
Amendmentse preliminarily approved during a plenary session on Sunday
4.1% decrease in number of foreigners working in private, investment sectors in Egypt in 2017: CAPMAS
The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed on Monday in its annual bulletin on the foreigners working in the private and investment sectors in Egypt in 2017 that the number of foreigners working in the private and investment sectors reached 13,469 foreigners of different nationalities in 2017, compared to 14,045 foreigners in …
Foreigners net buyers on Sunday despite decision; EGX30 hit all-time high
CBE imposes entrance fees not to affect foreign inflows in stock market
Supreme Council of Antiquities to launch Cairo Pass permits for foreigners in Cairo and Giza
The Supreme Council of Antiquities decided to issue “Cairo Pass” permits to foreigners to visit the monument sites and Islamic museums in Greater Cairo, including Cairo and Giza, and will apply the decision starting 1 November, according to an official at the Ministry of Antiquities. The council mentioned in its decision—obtained by Daily News Egypt—that …
Selling property to foreigners exceeds $10bn annually: Hesham Shoukry
For $100,000, which is approximately EGP 1.5m, a person could purchase a luxury apartment in the most exclusive areas in Cairo, says CGP chief projects officer
Foreigners’ investments in Egyptian treasury bills increased to EGP 10.2bn following pound’s flotation: Al-Nozihy
Banks acquired 76.4% of the total outstanding balances of bills by the end of November 2016
Foreigners continue to decrease capital market portfolios, EGP 626m in net sales for August
EGS surpasses other brokerage companies in the first nine months of 2016 with EGP 22bn in operations
Bangladesh begins two days of mourning following terrorist attack that killed dozens
Bangladesh’s prime minister has decreed the next two days a mourning period. The world is reeling from a terror attack that left 28 people dead.
HRW calls on UAE to release two foreigners arrested for criticising Egypt
Emirati scholar and Jordanian journalist jailed in UAE for series of online posts including personal criticism of Egypt
Foreigners, but friends of Egypt
I used to think that immigration was about migrants moving from a developing country to a developed one, motivated by a single criterion—the better standard of living. This was until I learned that moving from a country to another is not only a matter of climbing up a ladder; for numerous reasons, people move to …
Foreigners lead stock market to decline in January
Foreign investors’ transactions registered net sales of EGP 548.85m
In Cartoon: Now in Egypt, foreigners marrying Egyptian women with more than 25 years age difference will have to pay 50,000 EGP
How do foreigners, despite crisis, make profit in exchange market?
Exchange market experts put forth several explanations, most notably the inability to transfer money abroad and taking advantage of low market value of shares
41.4% decrease in foreigners working in Egypt’s government sector: CAPMAS
Number of foreign workers in any facility and its branches is not permitted to exceed 10% of employee total
Egypt’s rule of law: Strong on paper, shakier on the ground
Earlier this month, Egypt’s cabinet passed a law confronting one of the country’s worst epidemics. The new sexual harassment law both increases fines against offenders and expands actions which are defined as harassment by law. In a country where it has been estimated that 99.3% of women are sexually harassed, the amendments to the Penal …
Kahk and xenophobia
How buying Eid treats lead to a sordid exchange in a pastry shop
Foreigners in flight ahead of mass demonstrations
Following embassy warnings and fears of an escalation in violence, foreigners flocked to the airports amid fears of disruption to flight schedules.
Cairo, a city of runners
Cairo Runners organise Cairo’s first half marathon
Fools’ Culture: Khawagat in Egypt
New documentary hopes to discover the truth about foreigners in Egypt
Russia advances sweeping new spy bill
Russia’s parliament advances spy legislation targeting civil groups working with foreigners
After the revolution: story of a social enterprise
Abdo Gobeer’s commitment to his ecolodge helps create a place of peaceful serenity
Ramadan 101
Ramadan is upon us and many foreign first-timers are baffled by the changes they are seeing around them