Alexander McNabb

‘Dubai Landlords, Beware: We’re Up To Your Tricks’ – Authorities

‘Dubai Landlords, Beware: We’re Up To Your Tricks’ – Authorities

ALEXANDER MCNABB: As the price of Dubai’s rents heads to the stratosphere some robust plans have been put in place to protect tenants

 James M. Dorsey

Gulf Finance House Deal Good for Leeds United?

Gulf Finance House Deal Good for Leeds United?

JAMES M. DORSEY: Leeds United’s negotiations for a takeover by Bahrain’s Gulf Finance House (GFH) may not give it access to the funding that has boosted the fortunes of others…

 Steve Royston

Wasted Potential: Let’s Revolutionise Education

Wasted Potential: Let’s Revolutionise Education

STEVE ROYSTON: The ‘Education Industry’ as I call it is failing to deliver and everywhere you look there is clear evidence of same. I have some ideas

 Naseem Tarawnah

New Regulation: Goodbye Free Speech in Jordan

New Regulation: Goodbye Free Speech in Jordan

NASEEM TARAWNAH: Internet censorship is coming soon to Jordan and coming in a big way. What can any of us do?

 James M. Dorsey

Kicking Time: Ultras Egypt Truce Likely to Be Short Lived

Kicking Time: Ultras Egypt Truce Likely to Be Short Lived

JAMES M. DORSEY: The battle between the autocrats and the ultras turned the stadiums into battlefields for control with the ultras viewing themselves as the venue’s only legitimate owner.

 Ramzy Baroud

The Predicament of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

The Predicament of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

RAMZY BAROUD: 450,000 UN-registered refugees live in Lebanon. They subsist in poverty, living in 12 concentration style camps, denied basic rights and lack nominal political horizons.

 Editor, MEP

Dubai Real Estate Showing Sparks of Life

Dubai Real Estate Showing Sparks of Life

Dubai was also one of the first countries to move into a real estate crisis, so it could be a barometre for the wider region.

 David Westley

News Analysis: Build It & They Still Won’t Come

News Analysis: Build It & They Still Won’t Come

NEWS ANALYSIS: CB Richard Ellis delivers another report telling us what we already know – there is simply too much property in Dubai, and investors aren’t having any of it.

 James M. Dorsey

Qatar 2022 World Cup A PR Boon, But Little Else

Qatar 2022 World Cup A PR Boon, But Little Else

JAMES M. DORSEY: Qatar will become the face of an Arab world that projects itself as rich, bold and futuristic – a dramatic contrast with current perceptions of conflict and conservatism.

 James M. Dorsey

Money Talks: Qatar’s WC Bid Fits SWF Strategy

Money Talks: Qatar’s WC Bid Fits SWF Strategy

JAMES M. DORSEY: Flush with cash, Qatar spared no cost in its campaign to win the bid the World Cup. But are there ethical questions here?

 David Westley

Incubation City: Missing Piece of the UAE puzzle

Incubation City: Missing Piece of the UAE puzzle

DAVID WESTLEY: Over the years Dubai has started a host of cities acting as hubs. What it has failed to do is start something as simple as “Incubation City”.

 Stephen Corley

Dubai Madness Threatens to Make a Comeback

Dubai Madness Threatens to Make a Comeback

STEPHEN CORLEY: Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone has encouraged the incorporation of over 4,000 during the worst two years in history. Why – and how?

 Ahmed-Al-Omran

Top 10 Twitter Users in Saudi Arabia

Top 10 Twitter Users in Saudi Arabia

AHMED AL-OMRAN: Twitter’s swept the world but has it made serious inroads into Saudi Arabia? Yes! And here’s my personal ‘Top Ten’ countdown of the Kingdom’s leading Twitter users.

 James Mullan

To be at the Show, Or not be. That’s the question

To be at the Show, Or not be. That’s the question

Many reasons are given for putting on and attending exhibitions but perhaps they’re not the right ones. The reason that events such as GITEX continue to exist is they fulfill a basic human need to meet with your peers.