One week to go!!!

Greetings from Cairo, still!!! Its getting interesting here in Egypt, the project is in its final “two week stage”. We had hoped to have everything wrapped up, but because of many Chairman and CEO’s travel schedules we have been promised that meetings that were suppose to take place last week will be moved to the week starting tomorrow. It amazing to think that I have been in Egypt for four months now. I truly would have never of thought that I would have lived in Egypt probably visited it some time in my life but never lived here.

I know for one I could not of ever been able to place Egypt on a mental map, could you? I mean honestly when everyone thinks of Egypt they instantly think of the Pyramids. One thing that is for sure not on the minds of most Egyptians unless they are in the tourism business and that is only one thing that scratches the surface.

So where is Egypt is it in the Middle East, is it in Africa, could it be a part of Europe? When you ask someone from here, it is Egypt Egyptian. They more then likely don’t truly want to be a part of any of the three, just Egyptian and use the close proximity to all of these regions or in business “markets” to the best of their advantage as important as they are and will continue to be more so in the future.

The reforms in the past two years and the reforms to come are pushing Egypt’s economic growth to become the fastest growing emerging market in the world. With a stable Egyptian currency that has rarely been the case, but with this growth also comes a high inflation that is both helping and hurting the middle class. Which is far below that in the Western world. But these reforms are being notice to the tune of foreign direct investment or to the tune of the Minister of Finance, being noted as Minister of Finance of the Year in the Middle East. A true testament to the finance reforms that have been put in place. As we begin putting the story board together for the documentary we have been researching for the past four months it is interesting to think and decide of all the interesting leaders of this country that we have meet to put these changes and reforms into words that in hopes will bring greater prosperity to the people of Egypt.

Well I guess that’s the thoughts for this blog. Lots to do in the coming week and hopefully we will be able to get everything wrapped up and ready to go to production and get the film crews started.

In closing a friend emailed me the following link http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=dubai

It is a ESPN take on what is Dubai, with the sports spin on it. Pretty interest facts and info within. Give it a read if your interested and have some time. Olympics in the Middle East? Well maybe at least in Dubai in the coming years.

All for now,

Chad