{"id":651644,"date":"2017-02-17T08:30:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T08:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=651644"},"modified":"2025-12-17T23:32:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:32:30","slug":"the-weekend-edition-6","status":"publish","type":"issue","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/issues\/the-weekend-edition-6\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekend Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"651646\" class=\"issue-section \">\n<div class=\"issue-section__content\">\n<div class=\"stories\">            <!-- Show divider before story section -->\r\n        <div \r\n            class=\"\r\n                            \"\r\n            id=\"651646\">\r\n            \r\n            <div class=\"story__body\">\r\n\r\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/651646\/\">\r\n                    <div class=\"photo photo--above\">\r\n                                            <\/div>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n\r\n                \n<article id=\"post-651646\" class=\"content-area-description single-story post-651646 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized wpautop entry\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #940315\">A QUICK NOTE TO NEW SUBSCRIBERS<\/p>\n<p>We publish the Enterprise Morning Edition in English and Arabic from Sunday through Thursday before 7am, with a focus on the business, economic and political news that will move markets each day. <strong>What you\u2019re reading now is our Weekend Edition<\/strong>, which is light on news and heavy on stories to read, videos to watch, and podcasts to which you may want to listen on Friday and Saturday (that being the weekend for the vast majority of our readers). 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Privacy nerds and people who need to stay in touch \u2014 but not <strong>that <\/strong>in touch \u2014 with loved ones or the office will rejoice.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of which, our <strong>privacy tip of the morning: <\/strong>On your iPhone, go to Settings and find the Privacy pane, then tap on Location Services. Then ask yourself: Do you really want Photos to be geotagging your pictures? Does CNN need to know where you are all the time? Why is that chain bookstore in New York tracking your every move? Tap any one of them and switch their setting to \u201cNever\u201d or (maybe) \u201cWhile Using the App.\u201d (Can\u2019t find the Privacy pane? Swipe down when you have Settings open and type \u2018Privacy\u2019 \u2014 without the quotes \u2014 in the search box.)<\/p>\n<p>Want more iPhone privacy tips? Try <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/the-privacy-enthusiasts-guide-to-using-an-iphone-1792386831\"><strong>The privacy enthusiast\u2019s guide to using an iPhone<\/strong><\/a>on Lifehacker. And for the super-paranoid (which may just be us) using any platform at all, try: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2017\/02\/guide-getting-past-customs-digital-privacy-intact\/\"><strong>A Guide to Getting Past Customs With Your Digital Privacy Intact in Wired<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/speed-round\/\">SPEED ROUND<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/speed-round-the-weekend-edition\/\">Speed Round, The Weekend Edition<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/the-weekend-edition\/\">The Weekend Edition<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"651662\" class=\"issue-section \">\n<div class=\"issue-section__content\">\n<div class=\"stories\">            <!-- Show divider before story section -->\r\n        <div \r\n            class=\"\r\n                story-section            \"\r\n            id=\"651662\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div class=\"index-number\">2<\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"f-graphik\">READ THIS<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/if-you-want-to-improve-education-figure-out-what-actually-works\/\">\r\n                            If you want to improve education, figure out what actually works                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                    \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"cta\">\n    <div class=\"cta__btn share-dropdown-cta dropdown-toggle-btn\" style=\"position:relative\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/408834.svg\" alt=\"\">\n        Share Story\n        <!-- Dropdown Menu -->\n        <ul class=\"share-menu\">\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/if-you-want-to-improve-education-figure-out-what-actually-works\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    Open in new tab                    <!-- <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/media\/placeholder\/svg\/new-tab.svg\" alt=\"\"> -->\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); 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In 2015, Hattie published a paper entitled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pearson.com\/hattie\/distractions.html\">What Doesn\u2019t Work in Education: The Politics of Distraction<\/a>,\u201d in which he picked apart some common (but ineffective) approaches to improving education, which he says \u201cdistract from other, potentially better, solutions.\u201d Among them: The rigorous implementation of achievement standards for schools and the frequent administration of standardized tests to determine students\u2019 performance, which Hattie denounces as wrongheaded. Schools that accept struggling students are often perceived as failures, whereas other schools with more rigorous vetting of its incoming students are ten steps ahead because they select the cream of the crop and therefore have to exert minimal effort to maintain high achievement standards, while frequent standardized testing does not give teachers the kind of feedback they need to improve their teaching methods.<\/p>\n<p>Hattie also says that \u201c<strong>too much attention is often paid to parents\u2019 desire to choose which school their child attends<\/strong>, when the evidence shows that the classroom they attend is more important. Indeed, there is increasing pressure on parents and children alike to keep up with constantly intensifying competition to land a spot in the best educational institutions, and the pressure begins to present itself earlier on in the child\u2019s life as more people seek higher education, Ryan Avent writes for The Economist\u2019s sister magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1843magazine.com\/features\/highpressure-parenting\">1843<\/a>: \u201c<strong>Woe unto the Manhattan parents who waited until the birth of their young one to put her name on the list for that top preschool<\/strong>, which feeds so many of its \u2018graduates\u2019 to that perfect primary school, which is a pipeline to the secondary school to the prep school to the university that is meant to bring nirvana and perfect happiness and good fortune to the people who complete the path.\u201d <strong>Avent reaches a similar conclusion to Hattie\u2019s, but from a parenting point of view<\/strong>: In the race to prepare their children as well as possible to land a spot at the top universities, high-earning and highly educated parents are investing more of their time into their children, which in and of itself is beneficial, regardless of admissions outcomes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/ed\/2015\/08\/13\/430050765\/five-big-ideas-that-don-t-work-in-education\">NPR<\/a>\u2019s Anya Kamenetz (expectedly) focuses her discussion about the implications of Hattie\u2019s research on the United States, but <strong>there are certainly lessons to be learned for Egypt,<\/strong> particularly as education reform continues to be one of the most pressing issues our society continues to face. For example, <strong>Hattie\u2019s research suggests that smaller class sizes and greater amounts of injected money actually don\u2019t add up to a better educational experience<\/strong>, which flies in the face of the wisdom behind the private schools that are viewed as the best educational institutions in the country. The researcher says that the crux of the issue here is the teacher\u2019s approach to teaching, which he found is unlikely to change in relation to the size of the classroom. Instead, Hattie finds that altering teaching methods \u2014 which, arguably, are not contingent upon school choice, class size, or money spent on each child \u2014 by taking steps such as focusing on individualized growth, providing students with immediate and effective feedback, and encouraging classroom discussions, would be far more effective in improving a child\u2019s educational experience.<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/read-this\/\">Read This<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"651663\" class=\"issue-section \">\n<div class=\"issue-section__content\">\n<div class=\"stories\">            <!-- Show divider before story section -->\r\n        <div \r\n            class=\"\r\n                story-section            \"\r\n            id=\"651663\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div class=\"index-number\">3<\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"f-graphik\">SOMEONE TO FOLLOW<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/moroccan-artist-joual-invokes-the-raw-the-red-and-the-repulsive-in-her-art\/\">\r\n                            Moroccan artist Joual invokes the raw, the red, and the repulsive in her art                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                    \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"cta\">\n    <div class=\"cta__btn share-dropdown-cta dropdown-toggle-btn\" style=\"position:relative\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/408834.svg\" alt=\"\">\n        Share Story\n        <!-- Dropdown Menu -->\n        <ul class=\"share-menu\">\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/moroccan-artist-joual-invokes-the-raw-the-red-and-the-repulsive-in-her-art\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    Open in new tab                    <!-- <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/media\/placeholder\/svg\/new-tab.svg\" alt=\"\"> -->\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); 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Flesh and blood lend much inspiration to Joual, the 26 year-old Moroccan artist whose work is described as spanning \u201cmultiple mediums and often invokes the raw, the red, and the repulsive. Because of its vivid imagery, it sometimes darts into the territory of gore; but what makes Joual\u2019s pieces so provocative in particular is the playfulness involved. <strong>There is an underlying gesture in her oeuvre that swivels like a weathervane between the fake and the real.\u201d<\/strong> Her first performance piece \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/151631766\">I\u2019m not so innocent<\/a>\u201d (runtime 05:43), for example, is gory, fascinating, and mind-numbing at the same time. In the performance, she takes a piece of meat, slices it, and then manually grinds it. \u201cFlesh: I don\u2019t know if I can call it alive or dead,\u201d she says. \u201c\u2018At one point it will rot, it will change. In a way, it\u2019s still alive.\u2019 The performance is about killing, of course, but also transformation and \u2014 another dry quip \u2014 the boredom that can be found in both processes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For her second performance piece, Joual veered away from meat.<\/strong> She attends a mass protest in Seoul, South Korea <a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6gsv_8Nd0kg\/WH-8d3KeUYI\/AAAAAAAADBY\/n3abfWX_6FAz_n6OJ0vkgu0W470VPLxAQCK4B\/s1600\/mirror2.jpg\">wearing a mirrored cube on her head<\/a>. Joual says <a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-JuX3EGpq9Ak\/WH-8oYS3FKI\/AAAAAAAADBo\/Wc8ZcI9OqQMrZ_VMr813ubNyq4I6nxD8QCK4B\/s1600\/incarnation%2Btext.jpg\">she attended the march not as a citizen or artist<\/a>, but \u201cas an incarnation, a mirror, a reflection of my external surroundings and how the world around us currently appears\u2026 I was reflecting light, physical images, people\u2019s thoughts and actions.\u201d Hu says the performance \u201cevokes a<strong> Daft Punk-esque techno-future of dissent, wherein the watched and the watcher become endlessly confused.<\/strong> Whether it is Joual\u2019s own observance of the protest, or the bystanders taking photos of her (and in turn, themselves reflected in her mirrors), the beam of surveillance bounces back and forth endlessly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>On her work with meat, Joual tells Hu \u201cwhat I found funny is that even people here who are used to seeing meat \u2026 pull back. They say, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s too much.\u2019\u201d<\/strong> Much of Joual\u2019s work explores meat\u2019s presence in Morocco and the MENA region, and her work could sometimes seem to have political undertones. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-q3330bOWdcU\/V3MqXJOhBPI\/AAAAAAAACyM\/4FayigGmqA8Qz0FdESuyuvtSIjdgPFCSQCLcB\/s1600\/IMG_2439%2Bcopy.jpg\">The Arab World<\/a>, which she presented in 2014, is a map of the Middle East and North Africa reconfigured as a wall of packaged raw beef. Meat\u2019s link to violence is an easily made one, and it only takes the viewer another thoughtless step forward to affix the MENA region onto that relationship; but Joual avoids the obvious constellation of meat-violence-Arab world, instead tinkering with a type of humour that seems almost prankish in how it addresses viewers. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-0ZySPhyhqyA\/VtozHoBb4qI\/AAAAAAAACms\/tWAjGvPejNI\/s1600\/5%2B%25282%2529.jpg\">an LED sign with the word \u2018halal\u2019<\/a> blazed into its surface may seem to signal vaguely towards meat\u2019s position in a religious value system; yet, a second look discloses the mutually informative relation between language and sense of place that undergirds much of Joual\u2019s work,\u201d Hu explains. \u201cThe joke of the piece is perhaps its own redundancy. The sign\u2019s neon glints slyly off people\u2019s own assumptions, showing how attitudes towards meat are so unthinkingly rooted in personal context; Halal panels can be seen as a necessity, a logical fixture in the urban landscapes and immigrant neighbourhoods of Europe and America. For many, the sign is commercial and utilitarian.\u201d Joual says her inspiration comes from Morocco. \u201cPointing to the caf\u00e9\u2019s refrigerated display, in which sausage links and kebabs have been laid out like pieces of jewellery,\u201d she tells Hu, <strong>\u201cI see this image, and I want to take that whole thing and put it in a gallery. I want to say, \u2018This is art.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/someone-to-follow\/\">Someone to Follow<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"651665\" class=\"issue-section \">\n<div class=\"issue-section__content\">\n<div class=\"stories\">            <!-- Show divider before story section -->\r\n        <div \r\n            class=\"\r\n                story-section            \"\r\n            id=\"651665\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div class=\"index-number\">4<\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"f-graphik\">SOMETHING THAT MADE US THINK<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/economic-theories-can-help-us-become-more-productive-in-our-daily-lives\/\">\r\n                            Economic theories can help us become more productive in our daily lives                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                    \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"cta\">\n    <div class=\"cta__btn share-dropdown-cta dropdown-toggle-btn\" style=\"position:relative\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/408834.svg\" alt=\"\">\n        Share Story\n        <!-- Dropdown Menu -->\n        <ul class=\"share-menu\">\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/economic-theories-can-help-us-become-more-productive-in-our-daily-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    Open in new tab                    <!-- <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/media\/placeholder\/svg\/new-tab.svg\" alt=\"\"> -->\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); 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The solution, as she recently learned, was that <strong>some things have got to give<\/strong>. Todds\u2019s inspiration was the work of author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.levo.com\/tiffany-dufu\">Tiffany Dufu<\/a>, who suggests in her new book, Dropping the Ball, that <strong>\u201ca lot of us are simply taking on too much.\u201d <\/strong>Drawing from her own example, Dufu\u2014a mother, wife, business owner, writer, and women\u2019s rights champion\u2014says that \u201cI might be better than my staff at drafting annual fund letters, but I brought the most value in face-to-face meetings pitching major donors. No one else on my team could do that.\u201d Naturally she began delegating the task of letter writing to her employees. Dufu arrived at that conclusion through English economist David Ricardo\u2019s 1817 theory of comparative advantage, which she says can help us set more realistic goals for ourselves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But how does this apply to practical life and to-do lists? <\/strong>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/c\/comparativeadvantage.asp\">textbook definition<\/a> of this principle is \u201cthe ability to produce goods and services at a lower opportunity cost, not necessarily at a greater volume,\u201d which means that a country for example should dedicate its resources to producing what it can do very well rather than trying to produce everything it possibly can. So while France can cultivate some great avocadoes (tried and true), what it really excels at is making wine.Dufu\u2019s main premise here is that <strong>if we can consider the opportunity cost of everything we set out to achieve in the day\u2014or our lives in general\u2014we would be able to really decide and focus on what is more important<\/strong> at any given moment in time. All it would take is for us to stop for a second to think of the bigger picture: What really matters? What can be postponed? What is really unimportant? Perhaps that way, we might really find ourselves achieving much more than what we originally thought we would.<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/something-that-made-us-think\/\">Something That Made Us Think<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"651666\" class=\"issue-section \">\n<div class=\"issue-section__content\">\n<div class=\"stories\">            <!-- Show divider before story section -->\r\n        <div \r\n            class=\"\r\n                story-section            \"\r\n            id=\"651666\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div class=\"index-number\">5<\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"f-graphik\">HEALTH<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/why-hasnt-evolution-wiped-out-our-susceptibility-to-depression\/\">\r\n                            Why hasn\u2019t evolution wiped out our susceptibility to depression? 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Researchers have really gotten down into the nitty gritty of depression in hopes of explaining its evolutionary purpose, to the point of looking at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/mp\/journal\/v18\/n1\/full\/mp20122a.html\">the evolutionary significance of depression in pathogen host defense<\/a> (for those of you who don\u2019t speak science, the research basically suggests that depression actually plays a role in protecting people from dying of infections). On a more tangible level, though, <strong>depression can also serve as a function to force us to analyze complex issues<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/index.cfm?fa=search.displayRecord&uid=2009-10379-009\">according to psychologists<\/a>. Evolutionary psychologist Paul Andrews \u201csees [depression\u2019s function] in the condition\u2019s bouquet of symptoms, which include \u2018anhedonia,\u2019 or an inability to feel much pleasure; people who are depressed ruminate frequently, often in spirals; and they get more REM sleep, a phase associated with memory consolidation,\u201d writes <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/scienceofus\/2017\/02\/a-new-way-to-understand-and-treat-depression.html\">New York Magazine<\/a>\u2019s Drake Braer. Psychologist Laura King expands on Andrews\u2019 postulation by discovering (through decades of research) that \u201cthe meaning people derive from difficult experiences depends not on the amount that they\u2019ve suffered, but the extent of reflection \u2014 or meaning-making.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you depressed? <\/strong>For the uninitiated, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psnpaloalto.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Depression-Diagnostic-Criteria-and-Severity-Rating.pdf\">diagnostic criteria<\/a> for a major depressive episode include symptoms such as a significant change in weight or appetite, a change in sleeping patterns (manifested in either insomnia or hypersomnia), feelings of guilt and worthlessness, and having suicidal thoughts. So why hasn\u2019t evolution worked its magic to make us immune to depression?<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/health\/\">health<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"651667\" class=\"issue-section \">\n<div class=\"issue-section__content\">\n<div class=\"stories\">            <!-- Show divider before story section -->\r\n        <div \r\n            class=\"\r\n                story-section            \"\r\n            id=\"651667\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div class=\"index-number\">6<\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"f-graphik\">THE WEEK\u2019S MOST-CLICKED STORIES<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/651667\/\">\r\n                                                    <\/a>\r\n                    <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                    \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"cta\">\n    <div class=\"cta__btn share-dropdown-cta dropdown-toggle-btn\" style=\"position:relative\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/408834.svg\" alt=\"\">\n        Share Story\n        <!-- Dropdown Menu -->\n        <ul class=\"share-menu\">\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/651667\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    Open in new tab                    <!-- <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/media\/placeholder\/svg\/new-tab.svg\" alt=\"\"> -->\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); navigator.clipboard.writeText('https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/651667\/')\">\n                    Copy Link                <\/a>\n\n            <\/li>\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/651667\/\">\n                    Facebook                    <!-- <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/media\/placeholder\/svg\/facebook-icon2.svg\" alt=\"\"> -->\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/post?text=&url=https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/651667\/\">\n                    X                    <!-- <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/media\/placeholder\/svg\/twitter-icon.svg\" alt=\"\"> -->\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/651667\/&title=\">\n                    LinkedIn                    <!-- <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/media\/placeholder\/svg\/linkedin-icon.svg\" alt=\"\"> -->\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?text=+https%3A%2F%2Fenterpriseam.com%2Fegypt%2F2017%2F02%2F17%2F651667%2F\">\n                    WhatsApp                    <!-- <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/media\/placeholder\/svg\/whatsapp-icon.svg\" alt=\"\"> -->\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n        <\/div>\r\n                    \r\n                <\/div>\r\n\r\n            \r\n            <div class=\"story__body\">\r\n\r\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/651667\/\">\r\n                    <div class=\"photo photo--above\">\r\n                                            <\/div>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n\r\n                \n<article id=\"post-651667\" class=\"content-area-description single-story post-651667 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-the-weeks-most-clicked-stories tag-enterpriseam tag-the-weeks-most-clicked-stories wpautop entry\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p>The most-clicked stories in Enterprise in the past week were:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Egypt gets a lot of love on V-day. (<a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2017\/02\/14\/what-were-tracking-on-14-february-2017\/\">Enterprise<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u2018100% Egyptian Cotton\u2019 to be featured in the International Fashion Showcase 2017 Presented by Mercedes-Benz (<a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/100-Egyptian-Cotton-Press-Release-FINAL-2-11-2017.pdf\">News release, pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Egyptian American Enterprise Fund\u2019s annual letter for 2017 (<a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/EAEFAnnualLetter2017.pdf\">EAEF, pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Watching a frozen engine warm up using a thermal camera. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e1l_v5NbneM&feature=youtu.be\">Engineering Explained, video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Michael Bloomberg\u2019s advice for students on how to succeed in business (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/02\/01\/education\/edlife\/mike-bloomberg-salomon-brothers.html\">New York Times<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/the-weeks-most-clicked-stories\/\">The Week\u2019s Most-Clicked Stories<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"651668\" class=\"issue-section \">\n<div class=\"issue-section__content\">\n<div class=\"stories\">            <!-- Show divider before story section -->\r\n        <div \r\n            class=\"\r\n                story-section            \"\r\n            id=\"651668\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div class=\"index-number\">7<\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"f-graphik\">BEYOND THE RUBICON<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/beyond-the-rubicon-capital-market-intaxication\/\">\r\n                            Beyond the Rubicon: Capital Market Intaxication                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                    \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"cta\">\n    <div class=\"cta__btn share-dropdown-cta dropdown-toggle-btn\" style=\"position:relative\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/408834.svg\" alt=\"\">\n        Share Story\n        <!-- Dropdown Menu -->\n        <ul class=\"share-menu\">\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/beyond-the-rubicon-capital-market-intaxication\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    Open in new tab                    <!-- <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/media\/placeholder\/svg\/new-tab.svg\" alt=\"\"> -->\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); 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As I am sure you recall, the introduction of a capital gains tax on listed securities back in 2014 caused so much uproar by some capital markets players that the government had to back-peddle and suspend the tax for two years.<\/p>\n<p>That period ends this May 2017, so it stands to reason that a short-term change on this front is inevitable. The campaign against the reintroduction of any tax on the capital markets (along with the customary doomsday predictions) have already started in earnest for the second round of this bout.<\/p>\n<p>The way the taxman (this time, supported by the IMF) should be looking at this is pretty straightforward. Tax policy, in general, is designed with three primary objectives in mind: the first is to collect as much revenue as possible for the state without materially discouraging the underlying activity, the second is to redistribute wealth, and the third is to incentivize (or disincentivize) certain types of behavior based on wider policy considerations.<br \/>\nTurning to taxing capital market transactions specifically, this is a lucrative market and the taxman should definitely be seeking to take their \u201ccut\u201d of the action. Considering the additional tax burden so many have had to bear over the past period, not to mention the wider economic hardship over the past few months, any arguments against levying this tax will, for the most part, fall on unsympathetic ears.<br \/>\nWould the imposition of either a capital gains tax or stamp duty tax, deter market players from investing and trading on the capital markets? The camp against argue loudly that the capital markets will effectively crumble with any new taxes levied and point to days of steep decline and overall selling on the EGX whenever the topic of a capital markets tax comes up.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at other vibrant capital markets, however, tells us a different story. In the UK, home to one of the elite capital markets of the world (for now at least), the taxman imposes both a stamp duty tax on the trading of shares <strong>and<\/strong> a capital gains tax that taxes the gains on financial securities. In the US, again home to elite capital markets, a capital gains tax is applied to gains from the investment and trading of financial securities.<\/p>\n<p>Some might argue, rightly in my opinion, that looking at mature capital markets alone is not a fair comparison and that a more sensible approach would be to also look at realistic comparables in order to gauge whether introducing taxes on capital markets transactions would be competitive.<br \/>\nIf we look at Turkey, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.deloitte.com\/content\/dam\/Deloitte\/global\/Documents\/Tax\/dttl-tax-turkeyguide-2014.pdf\">there exists a capital gains tax<\/a> on marketable securities. However, this was very recently reformed to exempt any capital gains tax payable if the securities were held for two years or longer for unlisted securities and one year or longer for listed securities. What the Turkish taxman is trying to achieve is to use tax policy to incentivize long-term investors in securities as opposed to short term trading and speculation. The same policy is used in the UK and the US by using a range of mechanisms, including a lower applicable tax rate and higher capital gains allowances for long-term investors.<\/p>\n<p>In Morocco, <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.deloitte.com\/content\/dam\/Deloitte\/global\/Documents\/Tax\/dttl-tax-moroccohighlights-2016.pdf\">a capital gains tax is also levied<\/a> on the capital appreciation of shares. In the UAE, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.deloitte.com\/content\/dam\/Deloitte\/global\/Documents\/Tax\/dttl-tax-unitedarabemirateshighlights-2016.pdf\">no taxes are imposed<\/a> on capital market transactions, but one does have to wonder for how long this will go on, considering the current trend in the GCC countries to move towards some basic levels of taxation to balance their books.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, in almost all of these markets, there is an appetite by the taxman to levy a tax on these lucrative markets, but at the same, some policies are introduced in order to incentivize long term investors as opposed to short term traders and speculators.<br \/>\nUnder the current tax policy in Egypt, there are no taxes on capital gains of financial securities and no stamp duty tax on transactions, but there is a tax on dividends. This incentivizes the activities of short-term day traders and speculators over longer-term fundamental investors, which is contrary to what everybody else is doing and, in my humble opinion, doesn\u2019t make any sense at all.<\/p>\n<p>If we think of both equity and debt capital markets as efficient markets for sovereigns and corporates to raise capital in order to fund growth, then it stands to reason that the taxman should incentivize patient, long term institutional investors. In contrast, the policy should disincentivize speculators who, while admittedly add liquidity to the market, arguably do not contribute a whole lot of value to the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, we are incentivizing short-termism in our capital markets, when in fact we should be incentivizing long-term investors. Unless we plan to flout the Egypt IMF loan conditions and the agreed economic reform program, a tax on financial securities in the form of a capital gains tax or stamp duty will be levied, so there is really no point in resisting this. Instead, let\u2019s focus on re-aligning policy to incentivize long term investors of capital. By observing mature markets as well as comparable emerging markets, there are plenty of different ways to achieve this, while remaining competitive.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent statements by the government indicate that they are <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2017\/02\/01\/finance-ministry-efsa-negotiate-stamp-duty-tax-rate\/\">leaning towards a stamp duty tax regime<\/a>, which is probably the simplest to understand and implement effectively. As my learned friend Dr. Ziad Bahaa El Din <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shorouknews.com\/columns\/view.aspx?cdate=26052015&id=965fdd43-083f-4b80-806a-878833811c20\">previously commented in connection with this issue almost two years ago<\/a>, the real danger to a stable investment climate is a lack of clarity in the legal and taxation regime, as opposed to the tax itself. Whatever we do, let\u2019s do it right and let\u2019s stick to it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Beyond the Rubicon is a column written exclusively for Enterprise every other weekend by <strong>Aly Shalakany, senior partner at <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shalakany.com\/\"><strong><em>Shalakany Law Office<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>, which he joined from Linklaters in London. Aly is a noted specialist in finance, projects and mergers and acquisitions; his column appears exclusively in our Weekend Edition, offering an \u201cinside baseball\u201d look the intersection of business, economy and finance from the point of view of a practitioner at the top of his game.<\/em><\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/beyond-the-rubicon\/\">Beyond the Rubicon<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"651669\" class=\"issue-section \">\n<div class=\"issue-section__content\">\n<div class=\"stories\">            <!-- Show divider before story section -->\r\n        <div \r\n            class=\"\r\n                story-section            \"\r\n            id=\"651669\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div class=\"index-number\">8<\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"f-graphik\">ON YOUR WAY OUT<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/youre-late-again-because-of-who-you-are-as-a-person\/\">\r\n                            You\u2019re late (again) because of who you are as a person                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                    \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"cta\">\n    <div class=\"cta__btn share-dropdown-cta dropdown-toggle-btn\" style=\"position:relative\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/408834.svg\" alt=\"\">\n        Share Story\n        <!-- Dropdown Menu -->\n        <ul class=\"share-menu\">\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/02\/17\/youre-late-again-because-of-who-you-are-as-a-person\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    Open in new tab                    <!-- <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/media\/placeholder\/svg\/new-tab.svg\" alt=\"\"> -->\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); 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Sure, Cairo traffic throws us all curveballs that guarantee we\u2019ll be late to the most important meetings and appointments, but there are certain people out there who are consistently late \u2014 and it\u2019s not entirely their fault, Laura Clarke writes for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/capital\/story\/20170209-why-some-people-are-always-running-late\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>The punctually-challenged often share personality characteristics <\/strong>such as optimism, low levels of self-control, anxiety, or a penchant for thrill seeking, experts say,\u201d all of which are characteristics that affect how they experience and perceive the passing of time. 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