Many Arab countries are realizing that the call for political, economic and social reform is getting louder, especially since the spontaneous democratic groundswell that shook the region in 2005. Participants at the World Economic Forum meeting that took place in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el Sheikh last month debated the lengths to which Arab countries should go in pursuit of reform. Executive reports the highlights. Saturday 20 May Hosni Mubarak opens World Economic Forum on the Middle East Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak opens the World Economic Forum on the Middle East with a call to the international community to work together to resolve regional conflicts. “Peace and development are indivisible,” the president tells more than 1,200 government, business and civil society leaders from 46 countries meeting in Sharm el Sheikh. “The Middle East stands at a crossroads and it is up to us to make choices. Egypt’s choice is
