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Souq.com was the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world. The company launched in 2005 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On March 28, 2017, Amazon.com Inc. acquired Souq.com for $580 million as a subsidiary. On May 1, 2019, Souq.com UAE became known as Amazon.ae, while on June 17, 2020, Souq.com KSA became known as Amazon.sa.
Khan el-Khalili ( Arabic: خان الخليلي) is a famous bazaar and souq (or souk) in the historic center of Cairo, Egypt. Established as a center of trade in the Mamluk era and named for one of its several historic caravanserais, the bazaar district has since become one of Cairo's main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike.
Youm7 ( Arabic: اليوم السابع, IPA: [iljoːm issaːbiʕ], meaning The Seventh Day) is an Egyptian privately owned daily newspaper. It was first published as a weekly paper in October 2008 and has been published daily since May 2011. [2] It is published in Arabic. The paper was twice selected by Forbes Middle East as having the most ...
The number of Arabic newspapers in Egypt was about 200 in 1938. There were also 65 newspapers published in languages other than Arabic, [1] such as Turkish , French and English . [2] By 1951 Arabic language newspapers numbered to about 400, while 150 were published in other languages. [1]
The newspaper was founded in late 2002 by Salah Diab, an Egyptian businessman whose grandfather (Tawfik Diab) was one of Egypt's most renowned publishers in the 1930s and 1940s. Hisham Kassem is also a founder of Al Masry Al Youm . [ 5 ]
Ronaldo Mouchawar ( Arabic: رونالدو مشحور ), is a Syrian entrepreneur. In 2005, he co-founded Souq.com, the largest e-commerce retailer in the Arab World, making the e-commerce retailer the region's first unicorn. [1] When Amazon acquired Souq in 2017, Mouchewar became vice president of Amazon Middle East and North Africa. [2]
Sūq ʿUkāẓ (سوق عكاظ) Sūq ʿUkāẓ ( Arabic: سوق عكاظ [suːq ʕʊ.kaːðˤ]) is a marketplace at ʿUkāẓ, between Nakhla and al-Ṭāʾif, in Saudi Arabia. It was the largest and best known souq in pre-Islamic times. [1] Today it is a popular tourist destination. [2]
Daily News Egypt ( DNE) is an English-language daily Egyptian newspaper established in 2005 and relaunched in June 2012. Under former owner Egyptian Media Services, it was distributed with the International Herald Tribune as a supplement. [1] [2] According to its website, the paper carries “business, political and cultural news and analysis”.