Marketplace Money for March 8-9, 2008

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Sharia student loans

Rico Gagliano

Mar 7, 2008

Avoiding interest has forced some Muslim student loan seekers to get pretty creative. Rico Gagliano learns about financing higher education under Sharia law.

Posted In: Education

Middle East meets Middle America

Mar 7, 2008

Middle Eastern governments are pouring money into the U.S. -- from Citibank to Church's Chicken. Tess Vigeland asks Islamic finance expert Mahmoud El-Gamal about the future of this relationship.

Posted In: Economy, Investing, Wall Street

Muslim mortgages

Tess Vigeland

Mar 7, 2008

How do you buy a house when your religion bars you from paying interest? Tess Vigeland visited the Zerroug family to learn how they structured the purchase of their Pasadena, Calif., home.

Posted In: Housing

Getting Personal

Chris Farrell

Mar 7, 2008

In this special Getting Personal, Chris and Tess talk about rearranging finances before a move overseas, Middle Eastern index funds and tax policy for income earned abroad.

Islamic mutual funds

Mar 7, 2008

Sharia law restrictions on stock picking can make investing difficult for Muslims. Tess Vigeland talks to Monem Salam about special Islamic mutual funds that do the required research.

Posted In: Investing

Voices: Thoughts on Islamic finance

Mar 7, 2008

Web extra: some thoughts about Islamic finance from members of our Public Insight Network.

The Out-of-Towners

Scott Jagow

Mar 7, 2008

Egypt is a prime tourist destination, but that doesn't mean things are always easy for visitors. Scott Jagow explains some of the difficulties he came across as an American in Cairo.

The dream of Dubai

Sean Cole

Mar 7, 2008

Dubai aims to be the biggest and the best in every way, but as Sean Cole reports, there's debate as to whether the reality of Dubai lives up to the dream.