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Volume 2 Issue 13

Egypt, January 2015

El Sawy Culturewheel

all-purpose cultural center City Life

NEW EGYPT

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‫موبينيل وهواوى تحتفالن بـ‬ ‫ مليون مشترك في خدمة الكول تون‬12 City Business & Technomedia

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Peace Cairo Book Fair 2015 to Launch 28th January City Travel & Tourism

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‫“دور القطاع الخاص في النمو‬ ”‫االقتصادي‬ City Business & Technomedia

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Cairo Fashion Festival 3 brought by Souq.com City Events

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Prosperity Growth

City Life

January 2015

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How to create the perfect cat eye for every occasion

By Omnia El Shamy Makeup Artist Without a doubt, cat eyes are the hottest trend in eye makeup. Flaring eyeliner out at the outer corner of your eyes accentuates the lash line for a classic, sexy look. Cat eyes or “winged” eyeliner is easier to master than you think. Once you learn the technique, you can use it to fashion a variety of looks from delicate and demure to get-noticed bold. Very little additional makeup is necessary making the style great for hot, sticky summer weather. I prefer to keep my lids bare or just add a simple swipe of shimmery shadow.

In this post, I will offer tips to create the perfect cat eye and demonstrate 5 different wearable looks to serve as inspiration. I wear some version of a cat eye almost every day, so I consider myself a bit of an expert!

1. Line the upper lash line including the spaces between the actual lashes (this is called tight lining) from the inner corner of your eye to the outer edge.

2. Draw a line up from the outer corner of your eye using the curve of the

bottom lash line as a guide. Note the length of this line, to repeat on the other side for symmetry.

3. Connect the inner corner of the eye with the top of the line at the outer corner.

4. Fill in the shape.

Optional: If desired, you can line the bottom lash line as well. I personally prefer for this line to be softer, blending from the outer corner to the center of the eye.

Tips: To clean up mistakes, dip a cotton swab in eye makeup remover or a gentle cleanser like Cetaphil and wipe away excess. Dark, thick, sharp lines will create a dramatic look while soft, light, or smudged lines create a more subtle look. Don’t fear the cat eye because you fear it’s too bold; it’s easy to modify. If you struggle with drawing straight lines, try this awesome trick using scotch tape. Liner brushes are essential for applying gel, cream, or shadow liners. They are available in pointed, flat, and angled varieties.

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City Life

January 2015

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El Sawy Culturewheel El Sawy culturewheel (Arabic: ‫ساقية‬ ‫الصاوى‬‎) (transliterated: Sakkiat Al-Sawy) is an all-purpose, private cultural center, located on Gezira Island in the Zamalek district, central Cairo, Egypt.

in 2003 by Engineer Mohamed El-Sawy.

Prior to its construction, its location, beneath the 15th May Bridge in Zamalek, was a garbage dump and a shelter for homeless people and drug addicts.

It is considered one of the most important cultural venues in Egypt.

According to Aljazeera, the center gets more than 20000 visitors monthly and its website receives approximately 150000 visitors/month.

El-Sawy named his center in honor of his father’s — Abdel Moneim ElSawy, an Egyptian novelist and a former minister of culture — five-part novel series:“El-Sakkia” or(The Wheel).

El Sawy culturewheel was established

The center is home for a wide range of activities and cultural events.

3 and entertainers. It also hosts several seminars, workshops, art exhibitions, book fairs and movie shows.

Being the first non-government controlled private cultural center in Egypt, its events are claimed to have more freedom and higher quality than those in government-controlled centers.

Every year, it chooses a main theme for most of its events. The center has organized hundreds of concerts and musical events, including those for oud, jazz, musical theatre, children chorus and performances for several Egyptian and Arab bands, singers

The Sawy also includes several sections for arts and music training and a number of libraries, including a music library and children’s library. And it offers several art classes in painting, sculpture, piano and violin for children and youth.

City Events

January 2015

Cairo Fashion Festival 3 - CFF3

On Friday, November 7th 2014 Cairo Festival City (Al Futtaim Group) witnessed the grand opening of Cairo Fashion Festival 3 (CFF 3) brought to you by Souq . com. The bazaar opened at 11am to the public with over 50 different exhibitors. CFF3 honored designer Farida Temraz who is back from London Fashion Week after her first run way show at CFF 2.

This season CFF 3 showcased more designers and more fashion shows: some of the much anticipated designers and fashion shows involved included Deana Shaaban Clothing from ABn’G World as wellas Okhtein Bag Accessories, Norine Farrah, Heba Edris, Alia El-­ -Nahhas, Iman Saab and Plush.

The day started with casual shows courtesy of high­ -street brands Levis, Timberland, Quicksilver, Rockport, Geox, Vans, Max, US Polo, and Splash.

A mini­-orchestra on the red carpet serenaded arriving guests and the Screwdriver band provided entertainment as well as Cadencia band.

The fashion catwalk was a star-studded affair hosted by famous actors Ashraf Hamdi and Amina Khalil.Amina was wearing astunning dress provided

by Malak ElEzzawy.

Mona Siag provided jewelry for the designers. Vichi Blog, in association with Fashion Garage awarded the best-­dressed male and female guests with a certificate.

Building on CFF’s motives and values of sustainability and encouragement, CFF 3 has partnered with the ultra-­ exclusive EGO Department Store to of er CFF designers a unique retail space in their store to showcase the designers’ productspost-­event.

Amidst much fanfare and festivity, Cairo Festival City Mall is celebrating their one-­year anniversary throughout the month of November .

International shows, and festivals are planned at the Mall, and on-­ground activations will offer vouchers from select tenants as a sign of appreciation to the Mall’s valuable customers.

The next fashion display was indeed a show­ -stopper by designer Deana Shaaban, who collaborated with ABn’G and showcased their long anticipated collection “Legends of the Fall” which transported guests to a parallel univers ewhere fairytales exist as the models came out in 12 different dresses that were inspired by classic Disney movies!

The haute couture fashion shows started with Jordanian designer Heba Edris, who showed off atimeless collection that any bride should consider. Followed by Iman Saab who wowed the crowd with her stunning masterpieces.

Models were provided by Face to Face Agency by Youssef Spahi and hair & makeup were done by Pacee Luce.

Two run way shows were styled specifically for Levi’s, Geox, Timberland, Quiksilver, Vans and Rockport. Other brand sparticipating in the run way shows were MAX and Splash.

The festivities will commence with the launch of Cairo Fashion Festival– Season3,organized and run by Ultimate Fashion Wear, to set the tone for the anniversary celebrations.

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Freesia online life inspiration

Thus, it has several social media channels like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube as means of outreach. The reason behind launching a fashion online magazine was the significant number of internet users in the Arab world according to the latest statistics. It is evident that internet usage as a source of information is currently in upward trend in the Arab world as it is worldwide; this fact gave us a clear indication to the great importance and high market demand for such an online media project.

It is our pleasure to introduce you Freesia as thefirst English-Arabic social, fashion and lifestyle online magazine.

It is named after a delicate and colorfulflower, which symbolizes innocence and thoughtfulness. The magazine main sections deal with fashion, beauty, lifestyle, Family, art, culture, Cinema, health care and more. It targets trendy women aged between 16 and 55.

Freesia mission is to connect, inspire and entertain through relevant premium content created for today’s sophisticated woman. With its proficient reporters and editors who have diversified backgrounds and experiences to handle its content. The passionate internet readers and all fashion lovers will surely find on Freesia an entertainment they never expected, beside our mobile application that will be launched very soon. www.freesialive.com

City Travel & Tourism

January 2015

Cairo Book Fair to Launch Professional Program

In early 2015, the Cairo International Book Fair will launch its first-ever professional program. The program’s set to be held from January 29 through 31, on the eve of the city’s 47th fair.

The Cairo book fair, which boasts two million annual visitors and more than 700 publishers, has seen hard times in the last several years. The fair was cancelled in 2011, and the fairs that followed have each had their organizational challenges.

But Egyptian politics isn’t the only hurdle facing a professional program in Cairo. A number of international publishers are already attending Arabicfocused book fairs in Sharjah or Abu Dhabi.

But Sherif Bakr, a member of the Egyptian Publishers’ Association (EPA), says the Cairo program can work. Bakr is part of an EPA subgroup that has been pushing the new professional program.

In launching a professional program, Bakr says, Cairo is not aiming to compete with the well-funded fairs in Sharjah or Abu Dhabi. Instead, “we actually hope to cooperate.” The Cairo fair,

which is traditionally held at the end of January and beginning of February, is nestled between the Sharjah (November) and Abu Dhabi (April/May) fairs. In this way, Bakr suggested, “It would be another chance for foreign publishers to discover the area with a different taste.”

It’s also true that, while the saying is “Egypt writes, Beirut publishes…,” it is Cairo that has the largest number of publishers in the region. And the Cairo fair, Bakr said, “has a better variety” of publishers, “especially with independent publishers and newcomers who are really changing the publishing scene in Egypt and the Arab world.”

Cairo’s new professional program was first introduced in Frankfurt this year, and Bakr said it’s already generated a lot of interest. Publishers told him, “Finally, we’ve been trying to discover this part of the world but it seems impossible.” So, Bakr said, “we are preparing for ‘Mission Impossible’.”Most Arab publishers still focus on the selling aspect of book fairs, so an international professional program will take some marketing. “But we know the difficulties,” Bakr said, “and we are going to do our best to make this an experience not to be forgotten.”

Manial Palace to reopen

At the southern tip of Roda Island stands Manial Palace, an exquisite example of early 20th century architecture.

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Ancient pharaoh rises again The Egyptian government has recently invested heavily into the renovation and restoration of its ancient cultural sites in an effort to turn around an ailing economy, traditionally reliant on tourism and struggling to recover in the wake of the Arab Spring. Art Daily reports that two completed projects have been unveiled.

Archaeologists in Luxor presented a restored giant statue depicting the Pharaoh Amenhotep III walking. The statue, which was re-erected at the northern gate of the ruler’s funerary temple, is standing for the first time since crumbling in an earthquake 3,200 years ago. Scientists pieced together the 110-ton statue from 89 chunks and several hundred of fragments. It now stands next to another effigy of the king, unveiled last spring.

“These are up to now the highest standing effigies of an Egyptian king in striding attitude,” Hourig Sourouzian, head of the restoration project, told Art Daily.

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab unveiled four newly renovated rooms in the Egyptian Museum’s Tutankhamen gallery in Cairo. The halls feature the boy-king’s mummy alongside various treasures that were excavated from the monarch’s tomb, left untouched until 1922.

James Moran of the EU’s delegation in Cairo told Art Daily that the restoration of the iconic institution “is fundamental for the economy.” The EU has pledged €92,000 ($115,000) towards the redevelopment of the Egyptian Museum, which holds the largest number of Pharaonic artifacts in the world.

City Travel & Tourism

January 2015

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Faces of Egypt

‫ األقدم في القاهرة واألجمل في العالم‬.. ‫كوبرى قصر النيل‬

‫صالح الدين أبوالليل‬

‫من بينها مرتان ون�صف للر�صيفني اجلانبني وقد‬ ‫كلف اخلديوي ا�سماعيل �شركة فرن�سية ببناء‬ ‫الكوبري لريبط بني القاهرة واجلزيرة الواقعة‬ 108 ‫ وتكلف ان�شا�ؤه‬،‫على ال�ضفة الأخرى من النيل‬ . ‫�آالف جنيه م�صري‬ ‫مت ت�صميمه حلمل عربات متتابعة وزن كل منها‬ ‫ �أو �أن يحمل حمال موزعا مقداره‬،‫ �أطن ـ ـ ـ ـ ــان‬6 ‫ عاما من ان�شائه‬65 ‫ كيلو مرت مربع و بعد مرور‬400 ‫قام امللك ف�ؤاد الأول بتجديد كوبري ق�صر النيل‬ ‫و�أطلق عليه ا�سم كوبري اخلديوي ا�سماعيل �إحياء‬ ‫ م وراعى يف‬1931 ‫لذكرى والده وكان ذللك عام‬ ‫جتديده الناحية الفنية واجلمالية لينا�سب �أهمية‬ ‫موقعه ف�أ�صبحت عند كل من مدخليه منارتان‬ ،‫من حجر اجلرانيت على ر�أ�س كل منها م�صباح‬ ‫و�أمامها واحد من الأ�سود الأربعة التي كانت قائمة‬ ‫على مدخلي الكوبري القدمية احتفظ بها لتكون‬ . ‫�أثرا يدل على �صاحب امل�شروع اخلديو ا�سماعيل‬

‫ق�صر النيل هو ق�صر نازيل هامن (الذي بناه‬ ... ‫حممد علي البنته زينب) على �ساحل النيل‬ ‫وقد هدمه �سعيد با�شا فيما بعد ليبني حمله ثكنات‬ ‫ واطلق علي‬. ‫ق�صر النيل القامة الع�ساكر بها‬ ‫الكوبري ا�سم الق�صر ملال�صقته له كذلك �سمي‬ ‫ال�شارع الذي مير بجوار الق�صر لي�صل ايل قلب‬ " ‫ميدان االوبرا بهذا اال�سم " �شارع ق�صر النيل‬ " ‫و كان العامة يطلقون عليه ا�سم " كوبري ال�سباع‬ ‫ن�سبة ايل االربعه �سباع ( ا�سود ) التي توجد عند‬ ‫مداخلة و خمارجه حتي ان اخلديوي ا�سماعيل‬ ‫الذي امر بعمل هذه اال�سود اطلق عليه لقب ابو‬ . ‫ال�سباع‬ ‫وقد بدات فكرة بناء هذا الكوبرى عندما قرر‬ ‫اخلديوى ا�سماعيل ان تكون م�صر قطعة من‬ ‫اوروبا ولهذا جاء تفكريه يف �إن�شاء معرب من ميدان‬ ‫اال�سماعيلية الذي حمل ا�سمه وهو ما يعرف الآن‬ ،‫مبيدان «التحرير» اىل ال�ضفة الأخرى من النيل‬ ‫ وافتتح الكوبري للمرور عام‬،1869 ‫كان ذلك عام‬ ‫ �أمتار ون�صف‬10 ‫ �أمتار وعر�ض‬406 ‫ بطول‬1872

Mes Voyages | Private Drawings

AL Masar Gallery | The Art Lounge is proud to present its First solo exhibition for the pioneering Late Artist Tahia Halim. The exhibition showcases 40 scarce signed drawings from the 40’s to 80’s representing the artist’s private collection. The collection displayed depicts the artist’s memories documented on paper during her visits to various countries including Paris, London, Stockholm, Belgrade, and Nubia in South Egypt. Being originally from an aristocratic family from upper Egypt, Halim focused on Nubians and

their daily lives in many of her drawings. In this exhibition, Halim used various medium in her drawings including Gouache, Pen, and Ink lending scarce attention to details.

Tahia Halim (b. 1919, Aswan, Egypt) has been a professional artist since the 1930’s making painting her full-time career. Her works are simple & poetic.

She is skillful in her mixture of colors and their distribution, creating touches of intensity and boldness in her artworks. Al Masar Gallery has exhibited the artworks of Halim in its previous exhibition titled “Nostalgia” in October 2008. Halim has exhibited both collectively and individually since 1942.

Some of the most notable collectives were the 1952 and 1960 Venice Biennales, and biennales in Sao Paolo, Brazil, Alexandria and Egypt. The Guggenheim Museum in New York acquired Halim’s painting “Hanan” ;Compassion, for which she won the 1958 prize, as well as others of her paintings.

City Business & Technomedia

January 2015

The Work/Life Balance Myth

By Mohamed Tohami Egypt’s #1 motivation expert If you take a look at your life to evaluate what you’ve accomplished, would you be proud of the life you’ve lived so far?

So many people claim that they are too busy at work that they can’t find time and energy to do what they want in life.

You wish to find a secret formula to balance life and work. You wish to live a bigger life and broaden your experiences, but you are totally stressed and out of balance.

When you turn to experts for a work/ life balance advice, you usually get this answer: “You must learn how to separate work from life” For me this is B.S.The legendary Steve Jobs of Apple said, “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

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‫موبينيل وهواوى‬ ‫ مليون مشترك في خدمة الكول تون‬12 ‫تحتفالن بـ‬

So the advice of separating work from life is not practical and is pure nonsense.Here’s the secret...

You must live an integrated life Everything you do should be an integral part of your passion, personality and lifestyle.

This way your work will give you positive energy that extends to other areas of your life. And when you live and work with passion, you live an integrated life that you don’t want to separate its parts.

Think integration, not separation! When you do work you love and have a great cause to live for, your life becomes integrated. Work becomes part of your life and your life becomes part of your work.

Everything you do has its role in the bigger meaning and purpose of your life. That’s the real balance.

Oh, sorry! I mean integration.

“‫ يناير المقبل ستنتهي الوزارة من تطبيق منظومة‬:”‫حنفي‬ ‫الخبز الجديدة في جميع المحافظات‬

‫وبهذه املنا�سبة �صرح املهند�س �أ�شرف حليم‬ ‫نائب رئي�س �شركة موبينيل للقطاع التجاري ان‬ ‫“موبينيل ا�شتهرت منذ توليها امل�سئولية ب�سمعة‬ .‫طيبة يف جمال خدمات تكنولوجيا االت�صاالت‬ ‫ مت اختيار �شركة هواوي لتطوير‬،‫ولهذا ال�سبب‬ ‫خدمات موبينيل مثل خدمة “الكول تون” اعتمادا‬ ‫على �أحدث احللول يف جمال تكنولوجيا املعلومات‬ ‫ وقد �أدت هذه احللول املتطورة اىل‬.‫واالت�صاالت‬ ‫ الف‬700 ‫زيادة هائلة يف عدد امل�شرتكني من‬ ‫ مليون م�شرتك يف‬12 ‫ �إىل‬2010 ‫م�شرتك عام‬ ‫ يف �أقل من‬٪500 ‫ مما ميثل زيادة بن�سبة‬،2014 ‫ مما يثبت جناح التحول فى نوعية‬،‫ �سنوات‬4 .”‫اخلدمات املقدمة مل�شرتكينا‬ ‫ بوب‬/‫ قال ال�سيد‬،‫وتعليق ًا على هذه املنا�سبة‬ ‫ هواوى‬- ‫زاورئي�س ق�سم قطاع ال�شبكات الناقلة‬ ‫تكنولوجيز م�صر“تعترب موبينيل �شريك‬ ‫ و�إننا نت�شرف بتقدمي الدعم‬،‫ا�سرتاتيجيورئي�سي‬ ‫ ففي دي�سمرب‬.‫امل�ستمر متا�شي ًا مع ر�ؤيتها و�أهدافها‬ ‫ قامت هواوى بتغري من�صة خدمة “الكول‬،2010 ‫تون” ملوبينيل بهدف اال�ستفادة من جتربة ثرية‬ ‫ و�ست�ستمر �شركة هواوي يف‬.‫ممتعة اكرث للعمالء‬ ‫دعم موبينيل لتوفري املو�سيقى الرقمية و�أحدث‬ ‫تقنيات اجليل القادم من حلول �شبكات االت�صاالت‬

‫�أف�ضل خدمة للعمالء ثمار التعاون‬ ‫امل�شرتك بني موبينيل وهواوى‬ ‫احتفلت ال�شركة امل�صرية خلدمات التليفون‬ ‫ الرائدة يف‬،‫املحمول (موبينيل) و�شركة هواوي‬ ‫ بنجاح تعزيز خدمة‬،‫توفري حلول االت�صاالت‬ ‫ واالرتقاء بتجربة عمالء موبينيل‬،”‫“الكول تون‬ ‫من خالل توفري مميزات جديدة مبتكرة وواجهات‬ .‫عمالء �سهلة للخدمة‬ ‫�أقيم امل�ؤمتر ال�صحفي بفندق الفور �سيزونز نايل‬ ‫ وح�ضره عدد كبري من ال�صحافة والإعالم‬،‫بالزا‬ .‫ ف�ض ًال عن كبار م�سئويل ال�شركتني‬، ‫وقد قامت هواوىبنقلة نوعية يف خدمة “الكول‬ ‫تون” اخلا�صة مبوبينيل تعتمد على نظام اقوى‬ ‫ وبهذا التحديث‬.‫وا�سرع لزيادة قاعدة عرو�ضها‬ ‫متكنت موبينيل من تقدمي اخلدمة ب�صورة �أكرث‬ ‫ وعرو�ض كثرية تت�ضمن‬،‫�سهولة لال�ستخدام‬ ‫ �أغنية حملية‬30.000 ‫امكانية حتميل اكرث من‬ ‫ وخدمات اخرى مثل �إر�سال النغمات‬،‫وعاملية‬ ،‫ بالإ�ضافة �إىل ذلك‬. ‫الدينية اال�سالمية وامل�سيحية‬ ‫ميكن لعمالء موبينيل من خالل االت�صال برقم‬ ‫ تلقي التحديثات لأحدث الأغاين وملفات‬،9999 ‫املو�سيقى واال�ستمتاع اثناء االت�صال وانتظار رد‬ .‫الطرف االخر‬

Technology for Ebola The Minister of Communications and Information Technology Atef Helmy took part at the workshop about the role of technology to fight Ebola virus disease. The workshop is organized by the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC), in partnership with the Egyptian Agency for Africa Development and Microsoft 4Afrika.

.‫بد ًال عن فكرة املنح وغريها‬ ‫ “بور�صة �شيكاغوو �ست�أتي �إىل‬:‫وم�ضى يقول حنفي‬ ‫ وذلك لأن املرا�سالت‬،‫م�صر خالل الأ�سابيع املقبلة‬ .”‫مع هذه البور�صة م�ستمرة �إىل الآن‬ ‫و�أ�شار حنفي �إىل �أن منظومة اخلبز اجلديدة‬ ‫ م�ضيف ًا �أن احلكومة نفذت‬،‫ت�سري ب�شكل منتظم‬ ‫ و�أنه جاري الآن‬،‫ حمافظة‬20 ‫هذه املنظومة يف‬ :‫ قائ ًال‬،‫ حمافظات الأخرى‬7 ‫تنفيذ املنظومة يف الـ‬ ‫“�سننتهي من منظومة اخلبز اجلديدة يف جميع‬ ‫ و�أنه ال يوجد‬..‫املحافظات يف �أول يناير املقبل‬ .”‫م�شاكل لدى الوزارة يف هذه املنظومة‬

،‫ خالد حنفي‬،‫�أكد وزير التموين والتجارة الداخلية‬ ‫�أن اجلولة التي قام بها الرئي�س ال�سي�سي �إىل �أوروبا‬ ‫ كانت ناجحة مثل زيارة‬،‫خالل الأ�سبوع املا�ضي‬ .‫الواليات املتحدة الأمريكية م�ؤخر ًا‬ ‫و�أ�ضاف حنفي خالل م�ؤمتر �صحفي نظمته �شركة‬ ‫ حتت عنوان‬،‫ �صباح اليوم‬،”‫“املال جي تي �إم‬ ‫ �أن‬،”‫“دور القطاع اخلا�ص يف النمو االقت�صادي‬ ‫دولة م�صر عادت �إىل مكانها الرئي�سي والإقليمي‬ .‫يف املنطقة العربية بعد زيارة م�صر �إىل �أوروبا‬ ‫وتابع حنفي �أن احلكومة تعمل على فتح �أبواب‬ ،‫وحتالفات ا�سرتاتيجية مع رجال الأعمال الأجانب‬

It also focuses on the role of software and applications innovation to fight the disease currently spread in several West African countries. The workshop included an introduction to the latest data and information on Ebola virus and rate of propagation and endemic areas.

This is in addition to the technology challenges facing the software and applications innovation participating efficiently in fighting the disease. Many West African countries suffer from Ebola virus, like: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and is likely to outbreak in Nigeria.

TIEC is to organize another workshop soon including meetings with specialists and experts from multinationals to discuss the different technological innovations to fight the disease like cloud computing, searching for social data, internet of things, effects of the transmission of human groups, robots, scientific clouds.

This is in addition to a closure workshop to highlight the main inventions predicting the disease patterns, the effective diffusion of vaccines, the fastest techniques to plan and implement the measures to fight the disease resulting from the previous workshop.

City Sports & Fitness

January 2015

EXCLUSIVE: Egyptian youngster

Mohamed El-Hadidy signs for Madrid side Alcorcon

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KingFut.com can exclusively reveal that 19-year old Egyptian right-back Mohamed El-Hadidy has signed for Spanish side CF Trival Valderas Alcorcon on a free transfer from the youth team of ENPPI. Having played for Al-Mareekh of Port Said before moving to ENPPI, in a transfer that cost around 40,000 EGP (5,000 Euros), Mohamed El-Hadidy then played for the petroleum club for five consecutive seasons and joined the U-20 national team of Egypt on several occasions.

El-Hadidy is being managed the famous Egyptian agent Ahmed Sweilam, who was the one who introduced him to CF Trival Valderas Alcorcon. The technical staff of the Madrid-based club were

highly impressed with El-Hadidy’s performance during his trials in Spain, which made them send the player an official invitation to undergo another trial that lasted for a month, and was concluded with successful medical tests and the signing of the contract.

“I am looking forward to achieving huge success with my new club, the league here is so challenging and competitive as we play against the reserve team of Atletico Madrid (Atletico Madrid B) and other big clubs, and I’m aiming to make an attractive introduction for myself in Spain as a professional footballer, and I will hopefully do my best to help my team gain promotion,” El-Hadidy exclusively told KingFut’s Ziad Ibrahim.

The Start, Sand boarding is one of the fastest spreading sports in Egypt nowadays. It’s an eco-sport practiced over the sand dunes through the desert that has attracted so many Egyptians from different ages. The founder of this sport in Egypt is Kareem Hossam, 26 years old( Team Leader of Dune Raider Egypt), He won the 2nd level as an amateur in the Championship took place last August in State of Oregon, United states of America, After that he was trained to be the first certified Egyptian Sand Boarder and nowhe is the first Egyptian to be registered in “ Dune Rider International” for sand-

boarding as an Instructor and International Judge.

Dune Raider ( the DRI sole representative in Egypt and Middle East) is hosting DRI Sand Boarding World Tour 2015 within its Adventure and Eco sport Festival “RUSH” . Dune Raider has invited 30 international sand-boarders to compete in the sand-boarding international championship.

Rush is the first Festival of its kind that will gather many adventure and eco sports activities in the same venue and will be held inFayoum, Egypt during the period of 2-4 April 2015.

Explore the world on a bicycle

Omar Samra reaches South Pole

Omar Samra is proud to announce, that on 29 December, after crossing 111km, he skied to the last degree of the South Pole to raise Egypt’s flag.

This accomplishment brings him one step closer to achieving his overall goal of completing the “Adventurers Grand Slam”.

Along with a team of eleven other adventurers who hail from Germany, Russia and India, Samra started his trek from the 89th degree. Every day the team would ski between seven to nine

hours, and cross roughly a distance of 14km to 16km, depending on weather conditions.

September to March are considered Antarctica’s summer months, the sun is consistently above the horizon. It never gets that high in the sky at the South Pole though, reaching a maximum height of 23 degrees. Much of the sunlight the Pole does get is immediately reflected upward because of the white snow. This phenomenon, along with the altitude (about 2800 metres) is what makes the South Pole one of the coldest places on Earth.

“It was a rough start for me at the beginning,” Samra said. “I had a stomach microbe causing me severe pains; and I was on antibiotics for five days, which affected my performance early on; especially, that we had to pull sleds weighing 80kg throughout our journey. However, as I improved, I started building more stamina and was able to make it. With this achievement close to the New Year, I hope that 2015 will be a good year for Egypt and for everyone who is passionate to pursue his dreams.

GBI [Global Biking Initiative] Team members have been exploring the world on a bike since 2009 and crossed 17 countries worldwide on their bicycles.

GBI teams exist in 25 countries and lead by Egypt and Germany, and are having three main cycling tours this year, the first one in Egypt in Jan from Aswan to Luxor, and the second in Middle East from Amman to Sharm, and the third in Europe from Venice to Stuttgart crossing Italy, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Austria and Germany.

Why bicycle is the best tool to explore the world with? If you crossed cities or countries by car you will see things from a distance and will not touch the

couture of these places, and if you went for a walking tour you will see few places. On a bike you can cover several cities and cross 10th of kilometers per day touching every small piece on the road and experiencing the people couture and behaviors and interacting with them, you will stop by any place you like and have a photo or chat with the local people and play with the kids.

It is a new traveling experience that you must seize; it is a life time experience.

Follow the trainings and tours details with GBI through Facebook.com/GBIEgyptTeam

City Youth

January 2015

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17 countries represented at RiseUp Summit 2014

organizations including co-working spaces, investment funds, incubators and consultants.

Representatives and delegations from 17 different countries where participating at the RiseUp Summit, Egypt’s largest gathering for the entrepreneurship ecosystem, which took place this year from October 12th – 14th at The GrEEK Campus in downtown Cairo. The countries represented where the UK, Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, Denmark, Tunisia, Morocco, Rwanda, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and India. The individuals and groups from these countries where participating as a variety of different

Investor delegations included representatives from Playfair Capital in the UK, Hoxton Ventures in the UK, 3ts Capital in Turkey, and Venture Scout in Denmark. They were participating in a one-day pitching event, the Investor Lounge, organized by StartUp MENA, aiming to promote Egyptian start-ups to international investors. These startups had the opportunity to pitch live on stage in front of a panel of seasoned investors, including ten of the biggest European VCs. “Sustainability is one of the primary challenges for entrepreneurs today,” said Ahmed El Afli, investor. “The path to success is a difficult o ne, and entrepreneurs need to learn to collaborate, interact and network in order to build and sustain their businesses.

What we were seeing here at the RiseUp Summit in Cairo is so refreshing and inspiring, and gives us a tremen-

dous feeling of hope and positivity for this region’s entrepreneurs and youth.”

There were 15 different co-working spaces from Egypt and around the world attending the Co-Working Know-How Camp from October 10th – 16th, where participants were helping each other to succeed in making co-working a more sustainable business.

“We’re excited to be here in Egypt, at this incredible gathering for entrepreneurs,” said Georg Demmer, founder of Austria’s Co-Space. “The future of entrepreneurship is going to be increasingly about collaboration and

interdependence among not just the entrepreneurs themselves, but the entire ecosystem of partners, investors, mentors and service providers. That’s why co-working spaces play a critical role in supporting and developing entrepreneurship around the world.”

The summit’s opening took place on Sunday, 12th of October. The two-day agenda was held on October 13th and 14th and included over 40 workshops, 16 panel discussions, three round tables, four keynote speeches, in addition to pitch events, talks and the INJAZ Trade Fair.

City Cars

January 2015

Cars Worth Waiting For: 2015–2018

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The best car solutions in town

Hyundai ix35 Highlander

Cadillac CTS-V 2016 Cadillac WHAT IT IS The eagerly awaited bazooka version of the third-generation Cadillac CTS, designed to fight for America’s honor against its European competitors. Unfortunately, this time around, there won’t be a station wagon or a coupe— or a manual option. That’s a crime, but the automatic sedan is what sells.

WHY IT MATTERS The first two generations of this velvet Vette have given Cadillac credibility among enthusiasts. The next one will sand down the few rough edges of its predecessors. The CTS-V is a halo car for the brand and for GM as a whole.

PLATFORM Broadly speaking, the CTS-V will use the ATS/CTS “Alpha” architecture, but

with more aluminum onboard.

POWERTRAIN Power will come from a supercharged V-8, most likely the 6.2-liter LT4 from the new Corvette Z06. It will make at least 600 horsepower and send the squawk to the rear tires through GM’s new eight-speed automatic.

COMPETITION Audi S6/S7/RS7, BMW M5/M6 Gran Coupe, Jaguar XFR, Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG. WHAT MIGHT GO WRONG The lack of coupe and wagon variants may put off the hard core. And the 420-hp Vsport could make the CTS-V a harder sell

Hyundai no longer needs to prove with the ix35 but with this new model, Hyundai not only claims that it is offering quality for a low price, but it would also have us believe that the ix35 offers SUV looks and ability, compact MPV practicality and small hatchback levels of affordability. If you believe its maker, this is not simply a compact SUV but a crossover vehicle.

The ix35 is clearly designed to appeal to style-conscious buyers, whichever demographic they fall into. The first Hyundai model to showcase the company’s ‘fluidic’ design language, the

BMW X5 & X6 M 2015

WHAT IT IS Ultra-powerful M versions of the new X5 and X6. They’ll be stronger than ever and exude even more menace in their restyling.

PLATFORM The X5 M and X6 M share many part

POWERTRAIN The sole engine offering is a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V-8. Horsepower will hit about 600, and an eight-speed automatic is standard.

COMPETITION Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT, Land Rover Range Rover Sport Supercharged, Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG, Porsche Cayenne Turbo, another staffer for your Russian security team.

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WHY IT MATTERS Purists winced when these utes’ 2.5ton predecessors appeared almost as mockeries of the street-legal racers once turned out by BMW’s M shop.

Purists are still wincing, but heresy can be both fun and profitable.

numbers with their non-M variants but come only with four-wheel drive and a heavily tweaked chassis.

car’s angular grille is a particularly distinctive feature, and to our eyes it suits the ix35 very well.

There is a pronounced sporty stance to the ix35. Its tapering side windows and roofline are designed to create a coupé look, and the sharply defined headlights and bonnet strakes are also intended to give the car a more aggressive character. It represents a bold leap forward from the often bland styling practiced by Hyundai before, and makes it clear that the ix35 is a revolution next to the Tucson, its distinctly forgettable predecessor.

City Properties

January 2015

139bn Euro Investment Projects Investor sentiment in Egyptian real estate has been boosted despite the current political situation, leading to €139bn-worth of development projects being scheduled for 2015.

The Middle East business intelligence service MEED reported a remarkable pick-up in Egypt’s economic development over the next two to three years in infrastructure, banking, real estate, power, petrochemicals and manufacturing sectors.

Foreign firms continue to maintain their presence in Egypt with an influx of investment continuously pouring into the country, increasing its attractiveness to foreign and regional banks and high net worth individuals scouring the country for new opportunities for investment or expansion.

In response to increased investor interest, the Egyptian government has introduced new investment laws to ease doing business in the country and to continue to woo investors in the hopes of sustaining the country’s stability.

Continued investment in real estate and housing markets reinforce the firm foundation of optimism for increasing the level of participation in the Egyptian economy.

“As Egypt turns the tide on the challenges of the past few years, the country is returning as a key investment hub for GCC and global investors alike - a development for which EFG Hermes is well-prepared - and as a firm with strong Egyptian roots and a broad, established regional presence, EFG Hermes is uniquely positioned to

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“‫ التمويل العقاري ليس موجها اآلن‬:”‫شريف سامي‬ ‫لـ “السكن” فقط وإنما ألغراض تجارية وخدمية‬

‫ جاري حالي ًا تعديل‬:”‫“رئي�س الرقابة املالية‬ ‫الالئحة التنفيذية لقانون �صناديق الت�أمني‬ ‫اخلا�صة‬

facilitate intra-regional investment opportunities,” said EFG Hermes co-chief executive, Karim Awad.

Commenting on the notable increase in business confidence, Ahmed Abdelaal, regional head of corporate banking and structured finance for HSBC Middle East and North Africa said: “Egypt’s strategic geographic location and open trade hub continue to be key drivers for the economy going forward. According to our latest Trade Confidence Index, businesses in Egypt are very confident about import and export trade over the next few months – ranking highest amongst all 23 countries surveyed across the globe. This is a positive indicator of Egypt’s anticipated economic growth and showcases the country’s strong fundamentals and potentials. HSBC remains optimistic about Egypt’s long-term potential and the country continues to feature as one of the bank’s key markets for focus and investment.”

Despite major political, economic and social transformations, Egypt has the basic foundations for economic stability and is rapidly emerging as an investment market with enormous potential.

‫اال�ستثمار املختلفة باعتبارها م�ستثمر ه��ام يف‬ .‫ال�سوق امل�صرية‬ ‫ “�أن م��ن �أب���رز التعديالت‬:‫وم�ضى يقول �سامي‬ ‫ تفعيل �صناديق‬،‫التي حدثت خالل ال�سنة املا�ضية‬ ‫ التي تعمل على تي�سري جتميع‬،‫اال�ستثمار العقاري‬ ،‫امل��دخ��رات وتوجيهها �إىل م�����ش��روع��ات عقارية‬ ‫بالإ�ضافة �إىل تعديل قواعد القيد يف البور�صة التي‬ .”‫تتيح طرح وتداول �شركات جديدة فور ت�أ�سي�سها‬ ‫و�أ���ش��ار �سامي �إىل �أن��ه ح��دث طفرة يف ت�شريعات‬ ‫تخ�ص ال��ع��ام امل��ا���ض��ي ك���ان �أب���رزه���ا ت�شريعات‬ ‫اخلدمات املالية غري امل�صرفية بداية من �سوق‬ ،‫ والت�أجري التمويلي‬،‫املال مرور ًا بالتمويل العقاري‬ ‫الأمر الذي يتيح الكثري من الأدوات املالية وو�سائل‬ ‫التمويل التي ميكن �أن ي�أخذ بها القطاع العام‬ . ‫واخلا�ص يف متويل م�شروعات جديدة‬

‫ �شريف‬،‫قال رئي�س الهيئة العامة للرقابة املالية‬ ‫ �إن التمويل ال��ع��ق��اري لي�س ُم��وج��ه�� ًا الآن‬،‫�سامي‬ ‫ و�إمن���ا �أ�صبح لأغ��را���ض‬، ‫لأغ��را���ض ال�سكن فقط‬ .‫�إن�شاء املباين التجارية واخلدمية والإدارية‬ ‫و�أ�ضاف �سامي خالل م�ؤمتر نظمته �شركة “املال‬ ‫ حتن عنوان “الر�ؤية امل�ستقبلية‬،‫ اليوم‬،”‫جي تي �إم‬ ‫ �أن‬،”‫ل��ل��ق��ط��اع امل����ايل غ�ير امل�����ص��ريف يف م�صر‬ ‫الت�شريعات اجلديدة التي دخلت على قانون التمويل‬ ‫ �أتاحت التو�سع يف التمويل من حيث مت‬،‫العقاري‬ ‫ والإي��ج��ار‬،‫ا�ستحداث عقود امل�شاركة وامل��راب��ح��ة‬ ‫ بالإ�ضافة �إىل ال�سماح بالتمويل‬،‫املنتهي بالتملك‬ .‫العقاري يف حالة حق االنتفاع‬ ‫وتابع �أن��ه ج��اري حالي ًا تعديل الالئحة التنفيذية‬ ‫ مو�ضح ًا �أنه‬،‫لقانون �صناديق الت�أمني اخلا�صة‬ ‫�سيتم �إر�سال هذه الالئحة لوزير اال�ستثمار خالل‬ .‫الأيام اجلارية‬ ‫و�أو���ض��ح �سامي �أن ا�ستثمارات �صناديق الت�أمني‬ ،‫ مليار جنيه‬40 ‫ َت��زي��د ع��ن‬،‫اخلا�صة يف ال��دول��ة‬ ‫ م�ضيف ًا �أنه جاري‬،‫ �صندوق‬610 ‫و�أنها موجودة يف‬ ‫حالي ًا تطوير جم��االت توظيف الأم���وال يف �أوج��ه‬

Extras/Classifieds

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