TAREK ATIA'S
WEB LOG

Find out how the world media sees Egypt...



Friday
September 10, 2004

Someone finally says it
Arab world being pulled at the seams by competing liberal and conservative trends...

Tragic trip
Previously unknown kidnapped Egyptian found dead in Iraq.

Reducing "gomrok"
AFP reports: "The tariff cuts - from 14.9 percent to nine percent - will see state revenue drop by about three billion Egyptian pounds (460 million dollars) over the next 18 months, Boutros-Ghali said.

"The tariff cuts apply to all imported goods, with the exception of alcoholic drinks, tobacco products and cars with an engine size greater than 2,000 cc. Cars whose engine size is under 1,600 cc will benefit from a cut in duty from 104 percent currently to 40 percent."

 

Mediterranean screen
Troubled Alex film festival makes Variety...

Mido talks
More from the trouble-maker...

 

On the anniversary of 11 Sept
Mohamed Atta's father speaks up again...

Hearts and minds
All Africa analysis
: "In the battle for the 'hearts and minds' of everyday Egyptians, it's not that the government won, it's more that the militants lost..." 

Alternate views
A British-Egyptian Muslim's attempt at an English translation of the Quran is compared to the standard Yusuf Ali version by Khaleej Times...

More news
New Bloomberg news bureau to open in Cairo in October.

 

Web posted by Tarek Atia Friday, September 10, 2004 00:30 CAIRO

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