During the 1950s and 1960s, as a young man, I had the pleasure of attending the old Khedivial Opera House to watch magnificent performances of Chinese folk arts. I also attended, on two occasions, ballet performances by what I consider the greatest ballet company in the world, the Russian Bolshoi Ballet. These were performances of
In the film Waheda bi Waheda (One by One), the celebrated Egyptian actor Adel Imam plays Salah Fouad, a man working in advertising who invents the name of a product that does not actually exist: “Al-Fankoush.” There is no factory, no packaging, no product anyone can buy—only a name and an advertising campaign clever enough
The Uber–Delivery Hero deal is being described as the largest merger in the history of food delivery. That is true, and it misses the point. The transaction redraws the map of a sector that has become central to the Middle East's digital economy, and it sets Arab competition authorities a real test of what they are for.
The deal
To what extent can Uber’s acquisition of Germany’s Delivery Hero be considered the largest deal in the food delivery sector so far?
The answer seems obvious: the 14.8 billion-dollar deal is not merely a stronger player gobbling up a rival; it is a fundamental redrawing of an industry that has become one of the core pillars of
“You broke my heart.” It is a phrase we often use to describe deep sadness or emotional pain. But can the heart actually be “broken” by severe emotional distress?
Surprisingly, there is a scientific basis behind the expression. A real medical condition known as broken heart syndrome, or Takotsubo syndrome, can cause
