According to the World Wide Fund for Nature, the Gulf countries have some of the largest carbon footprints per capita in the world. Cheap gasoline, huge highways, the need for …
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While Kish might be overshadowed by its more prosperous Gulf neighbors, the tiny island will not remain insignificant to regional businessmen for long. Just off the south coast of Iran …
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The latest major labor strike in the Gulf tore through Sharjah on March 18, 2008. At a maintenance company 1,500 migrant workers burned busses and cars, and smashed up the …
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In the context of the Organization of the Islamic Conference summit in Dakar, in March 2008, billions of Arab petrodollars have poured into Senegal to help realize its ambition to …
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Talaat Captan is not exactly the typical Hollywood producer. He started his career as a domestic and international distributor of motion pictures, moving into the rarified airs of movie production. …
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Away from the media blitz, the glam and the blinding spotlights inherent to Hollywood, Arab movie production has embarked on its own journey through the seventh art. Talent is everywhere, …
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The change happened slowly, over a period of months. Day by day, the stock of green-back American dollars in Sudan’s central bank has decreased. And day by day, the bank’s …
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Over the past few years, the price of gold has taken an upward path, breaking every record, never faltering, never relenting. Many have followed gold’s rapid ascension. Since 2007, gold …
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The market for fake car parts in the Middle East is rising at an alarming pace, now accounting for an estimated 30% of the region’s $11 billion sector. In a …
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When the American and French presidents visited the Gulf last month, both leaders received the same red-carpet treatment. Both met with their regional counterparts, both talked about politics and security, …