Sultan on why micro-finance is so essential for entrepreneurship and job creation in the Arab economies. Read more »
Archives for 2009
This Is Not the End of the Road for Dubai
It is already clear that Dubai’s future is not what it used to be. But that does not necessarily mean it is facing a bad future. Last Wednesday’s convulsion marked a significant milestone in the financial history of the emirate, and a very different Dubai will now take shape. Today, a new Dubai has a chance to emerge: leaner, meaner and better. Read more »
نموذج دبلوماسي جديد
في عام 2002 أنشئ المبنى الجديد لسفارة الإمارات في واشنطن. في هذا المبنى ذي الـ61 ألف قدم تترجم سياسة الإمارات الخارجية الجديدة. ويعود الفضل في ذلك إلى سفيرنا الشاب يوسف العتيبة، خريج جامعة جورج تاون.
What a difference in UAE diplomacy three years later
In 2002, a new window to the Emirates was opened with the inauguration of our embassy in Washington DC’s diplomatic quarter. It’s a 1,500-square-metre building that is proving to be a barometer of where the country is heading. If this is true, our embassy in Washington is a barometer of the UAE’s international affairs, then it’s a bright future indeed. Read more »
نريد المزيد من الإجازات
اسمحوا لي يا إخوة. لم أستطع تمرير ما قرأت منذ أيام مرور الكرام. البشرى السارة كانت عن ربط إجازتي عيد الأضحى والعيد الوطني ليصبح لأطفالنا 10 أيام للتسكع في الشوارع والمولات. فكيف لاقتصادنا أن ينمو من دون كل هذه الإجازات المتكررة؟
Play Fair And Egypt May Yet Be Land Of The Rising Son
To his supporters he is a voice of reform in a stagnant country. To his detractors he represents the ruling elite responsible for the stagnation of the Arab world’s most populous nation. However one looks at it, there is no denying that Gamal Mubarak is a powerful force in the National Democratic Party that has been in control in Egypt for three decades. Read more »