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Egyptian director sends defiant Cannes message

Egyptian director sends defiant Cannes message
05/18/2012 | News
Egyptian director Yousry Nasrallah, in Cannes with an Arab Spring drama, defiantly vowed on Thursday that the Islamists jockeying for power back home would never succeed in stifling art. "In a context where cinema is being attacked as a sin in Egypt by so-called Islamist parties, this film is not...

Recovering From the Spring, at a Price

Recovering From the Spring, at a Price
05/12/2012 | Debates and Analysis
The Arab Spring sent scores of sick and injured Libyans, fleeing their war- torn country, straight to Jordan, where the influx of patients is putting a lot of pressure on Jordanian hospitals and disrupting the lives of Libyan and Jordanian patients alike. "Hospitals have stopped admitting Libyan...

Tunisia economy grew 2 pct in first quarter-PM

Tunisia economy grew 2 pct in first quarter-PM
05/11/2012 | Business
Tunisia's prime minister said on Thursday the economy grew 2 percent in the first quarter of 2012, climbing back from a contraction a year ago. "Despite the difficult conditions the country has gone through, it has achieved positive numbers in a short period of time. The growth average has risen...

The Mena economy: Arab Spring, economic winter?- EIU

The Mena economy: Arab Spring, economic winter?- EIU
05/10/2012 | News
Growing disarray on the streets and worsening political in-fighting are threatening to condemn post-revolutionary Arab states to a meagre economic harvest says the Economist Intellegence Unit (EIU) in a risk report. The EIU says that the weak global financial situation and new governments which...

The Main Message

The Main Message
05/09/2012 | Editorial
Democracy is having a difficult birth all over North Africa, facing new elections and the creation of new constitutions in the middle of a global economic downturn. Egypt has its  presidential elections on 23 and 24 May with a run off on 16 and 17 June. The Armed Forces Supreme council, SCAF,...

EBRD to attract $10bn into N Africa, Jordan

EBRD to attract $10bn into N Africa, Jordan
05/09/2012 | News
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) hopes to attract investment of 7.5 billion euros ($9.77 billion) a year into North Africa and Jordan, its president said. The EBRD, set up by governments in 1991 to support the ex-Communist states of eastern Europe, is expanding its...

ILO calls for change in Youth employment policies.

ILO calls for change in Youth employment policies.
04/30/2012 | News
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) warned that unless there was a change in policy direction, the job market would remain subdued until the end of 2016 and economic growth in the regions may slow further. "The narrow focus of many eurozone countries on fiscal austerity is deepening the...

Libya: Assessing Berber Prospects

Libya: Assessing Berber Prospects
04/29/2012 | In the Media
One reason the term “Arab Spring” is a misnomer is because of the participation of non-Arabs, including Kurds in Iraq and Syria as well as Berbers in Morocco and Libya. While both of these non-Arab groups are Muslims, they tend to oppose Islamism both because they see it as tantamount to...

Bahaijoub: Moroccan government needs time to fulfill its promises

Bahaijoub: Moroccan government needs time to fulfill its promises
04/12/2012 | In the Media
Moroccan author and publisher says drought, EU debt crisis have affected North African’s economy. The Islamist-led Moroccan government cannot deliver overnight because it does not a magic wand, stressed Dr. Ali Bahaijoub, editor of the North South Magazine. The February 20 Movement has played an...

Morocco to raise solidarity tax on firms to help poor

Morocco to raise solidarity tax on firms to help poor
04/10/2012 | Business
Morocco's government has agreed to amendments from parliament to widen the imposition of a new tax on firms to help it develop poor areas and help quash grumbling discontent over social inequalities, officials said on Monday. Plans for the so-called solidarity fund tax were announced in the midst...

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