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Dubai Debt Prison Hunger Strikes

VIDEO, AL JAZEERA: In Dubai a group of jailed foreign businessmen imprisoned for issuing bounced cheques engage in a hunger strike.

 Francis Matthew

Absent Middle Class Key to Gulf Stability

Absent Middle Class Key to Gulf Stability

FRANCIS MATTHEW: In all Gulf states government dominates the economy. That dependence fosters a lack of entrepreneurial motivation.

 David Westley

News Analysis: The UAE’s new bankruptcy law

News Analysis: The UAE’s new bankruptcy law

NEWS ANALYSIS: The UAE is in the early stages of implementing a new bankruptcy law that will allow companies the time they need to restructure their business…