Guest Commentator

Ahmed M.I. Egal

Ahmed M.I. Egal is a banker from Somaliland who is presently working in Saudi Arabia as Director, Finance & Business Development for Al Mutawa Sons Group. He grew up in the UK as a political refugee, received most of his secondary education in England, and has a BA in Economics & Politics from Warwick University, and an MA in Economic Development from the University of London.

2 pieces

Guest Commentary

Terror, Imperialism&the Meaning of Faith

By Ahmed M.I. Egal Guest Commentator

No single act by terrorists in recent history has resulted in the devastation of relations between states, peoples and the international political order as has the destruction of the twin towers in New York and the wing of the Pentagon on September 11th 2001. The victims of that horror have been multiplied by the subsequent…

No single act by terrorists in recent history has resulted in the devastation of relations between states, peoples and the international political order as has the…

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Guest Commentary

The “Enronization” of America

By Ahmed M.I. Egal Guest Commentator

An article with the above title in “BusinessWeek Online” (June 10th issue) caught my attention because the title seemed to characterize the way the present administration is conducting US foreign policy. As it turned out, the article was concerned principally with US economic and trade policy and not with foreign policy as such. Nevertheless, the…

An article with the above title in “BusinessWeek Online” (June 10th issue) caught my attention because the title seemed to characterize the way the present administration…

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