

Lease Contract Duration…
A lease is temporary by its nature and so duration (the starting and the ending date) must be specified. In case the contracting parties do not reach a consensus on the duration, then it will be set by the judge based on the contracting conditions and the intention of the contracting parties. عقد الإيجار مؤقت بطبيعته, يجب أن تحدد مدته (تاريخ بدايته وتاريخ نهايته) وإذا لم يتفق المتعاقدين على مدته, حددها القاضى مستندا إلى ظروف العقد ونية المتعاقدين.


Filing for a Divorce—Khula
In 2000, the groundbreaking Khula Law, known as Law No. 1 of 2000, allowed women to file for divorce, in registered and unregistered marriages, without the husband’s consent. During the same year, Egypt also saw the establishment of the right for women to apply for a passport and travel without the husband’s consent.


Attracting Direct Foreign Investment to Egypt: Correcting Misperceptions
What is the best way to attract foreign direct investment to Egypt? Niveen Wahish sounds out the experts. Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Egypt fell to $6.8 billion in 2018, down from $7.4 billion the previous year, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 2019 World Investment Report.
However, Sherif Fahmy, a director at NGage Consulting in Cairo, believes that although the FDI was lower than expected in 2018, it is still the highest in the re


Egyptian-Chinese Companies Sign Partnership to Produce New Model of MG Cars
Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Industry Amr Nassar announced Friday that his ministry is eager to hold direct negotiations with major international car companies to begin joint investment projects within the Egyptian market. He noted a partnership agreement recently signed between the Chinese company SAIC Motor Corp, China’s largest automaker and the Al-Mansour Automotive Company, taking advantage of unused production capacity to start assembling a new model of MG cars in Egyp