Category: EGYPT
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On Cue With Elon Musk, A Solar Power Company Blooms In The Egyptian Desert
Smart entrepreneurs will get ahead of that curve. In Cairo, I met the CEO and chief architect of a company, Karm Solar, that has been in the forefront of solar since 2011 — back when solar was in the doldrums. I first read about Karm Solar in Startup Rising, a book by U.S.-based venture investor Christopher…
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Critical film unnerves Egypt’s religious scholars
The film, called “Mawlana” (“Preacher”), has been screened at cinemas nationwide since Jan. 4. It has stirred up controversy among Islamic scholars who accuse its makers of tarnishing their reputation and call for it to be pulled from theaters. “Works that address religious texts should be reviewed by religious institutions before being made into films,”Shoukri…
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Egyptian Omar Samra Becomes First in the World to Climb Three Mountains in Antarctica
“It has always been a dream of mine to climb a mountain that has never been climbed before. And doing so in remote Antarctica was an even greater privilege,” wrote Samra, the first Egyptian to climb Mt. Everest, on Instagram. “In the end I exceeded my own wildest expectations by doing three first ascents and…
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How ‘Careem’ Hopes to Unite Egyptians After Cairo Cathedral Terror Attack
Fakharany set up an urgent meeting with the highest ranking Coptic figure in Egypt: Pope Tawadros II. According to an article written by Fakharany himself, Careem is launching a very simple initiative. The transportation network company is going to donate one Egyptian Pound from every Careem ride in the entirety of Egypt to a collective fund aimed at aiding…