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In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. In 1972 she launched a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, breaking another political barrier.
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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
| Mashreqbank PSC | |
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 Branch in Egypt | |
| Formerly | Bank of Oman (1967–1993) |
| Type | Publicly traded |
| DFM: MASQ | |
| ISIN | AEM000101014 |
| Industry | |
| Founded | 1967 in Dubai |
| Headquarters | , United Arab Emirates |
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Number of employees | 6,163 (2024) |
| Parent | Al Ghurair Group |
| Divisions | Titan Financial Brokers |
| Website | www |
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Mashreq (Arabic: بنك المشرق) is a major Emirati bank, one of the oldest in the country and the second in the Middle East.[5] Established in 1967 as the Bank of Oman, the bank later rebranded as Mashreq and has since expanded its operations across multiple markets.
Mashreq provides a range of conventional and Islamic banking services, including personal banking solutions such as deposits, loans[6], and credit cards. The bank also offers corporate and investment banking services, including corporate finance, investment advisory on mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings (IPOs), and underwriting.[7][8]
Additionally, Mashreq delivers wealth and asset management services, catering to both institutional and individual clients.[9]
Through its digital banking platform, Mashreq NEO, the bank provides UAE and Egypt residents with a suite of online banking services. The Mashreq NEO app offers functionalities such as account transactions, bill payments, reward tracking, and financial news updates.[10]
Mashreq operates in 14 countries, employing over 6,000 professionals from 70 nationalities. The bank has corporate banking operations in Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and India, and provides corporate and retail banking services in Egypt. It has also obtained a restricted license from the State Bank of Pakistan to pilot digital retail banking operations. Additionally, Mashreq is involved in foreign exchange businesses in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal. Outside the Middle East and South Asia, Mashreq maintains full-service branches in New York, London, and Hong Kong.[11]
In 2024, Brand Finance ranked Mashreq as the fastest-growing banking brand in the Middle East in its Banking 500 rankings. The bank was also named the Middle East's Best Digital Bank for the fifth consecutive year at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence. Additionally, The Banker's Top 1000 Global Bank Ratings recognized Mashreq as the Best Performing Bank in the UAE for the second consecutive year. The bank also received the Banking Group Brand of the Year – MENA award at the Global Banking & Finance Awards.[12]
Mashreq was ranked 17th on Forbes Middle East's 30 Most Valuable Banks 2025 list.[13] It also ranked 23rd on Forbes Middle East's Top 100 Listed Companies 2025 list.[14]
For the year 2024, Mashreq reported a net profit before tax of AED 9.9 billion.[15]
Product offerings include:
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Mashreq (Arabic: بنك المشرق) is a major Emirati bank, one of the oldest in the country and the second in the Middle East. Established in 1967 as the Bank of Oman, the bank later rebranded as Mashreq and has since expanded its operations across multiple markets.
The Arab Mashreq international Road Network is an international road network between the primarily Arab countries of the Mashriq (Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Kuwait, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman and Yemen). In addition, part of the network passes through Israel, which is not a party to the agreement that created it as well as non-Arab parts of the region. The network is a result of the 2001 Agreement on International Roads in the Arab Mashreq, a United Nations multilateral treaty that entered into force in 2003 and has been ratified by 13 of the 14 (all except Israel) countries that the network serves.
The Arab Mashreq International Railway is a proposed railway network in the Mashriq, which is located in Western Asia and eastern North Africa in the eastern part of the Arab world. The planned network has north–south and east–west axes, and 16 different routes covering 19,500 km. The plan would require significant investment, as sixty percent of the routes have not yet been built, and parts of the existing railway infrastructure are weak or have gauge differences; some states may be unable to make large investments in infrastructure. Like the European Trans-European Transport Network, the Agreement specifies a family of high-priority international routes, rather than setting service details or awarding contracts to operators.
Mashreq University is a private university located in Khartoum North in Sudan. Started in 2003 as Al-Mashreq College for Science and Technology, it was granted full university status in 2010 by the Sudanese Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. The university offers more than 29 study programs, including Medicine and Laboratory Sciences, Engineering, Information Technology, Media, Economics, and Business Administration. English was the language of instruction in Sudanese universities, but since the early 1990s all curricula have been Arabized in Sudanese colleges; Mashreq University teaches in English and Arabic.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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