Cairo / AFP At a club in downtown Cairo, Ahmed Saleh pumps electronic beats from his laptop as Abdullah Miniawy chants to a cheering crowd, the duo part of a wave of new talent on Egypt’s underground music scene. Emerging artists are creating an eclectic selection of hip-hop, dubstep, electronic and rock music, with some influenced by traditional Egyptian ...

  DUBAI / WAM Lower oil prices have created economic pressure in the members of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) by impacting revenues while also creating opportunities, Abdulla Jassem bin Kalban, MD and CEO of Emirates Global Aluminium(EGA), said and noted that “the greatest success story is industrialisation through the GCC aluminium industry.” “Economic ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM In his capacity as Chairman of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, issued a resolution reconstituting the board of the Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC), the emirate’s master developer of major tourism ...