It’s an impossible variable to quantify, but it could be argued that Canada’s most important export to the Middle East is hope. It manifests itself in the substantial number of Canadians of Arab heritage who have chosen to return to the region their families left for work or a better future. Their return stirs a mixture of emotions: Here are educated young Arab men and women whose Western upbringings have armed them with modern and secular education. Whether their beliefs were liberal or conservative, they respect others. They look like us and speak like us but are charged with ambition and hope for the future: They are Arabs 2.0. Read more »
Reform
A Jealous Wife’s Revenge Makes for Bad Law
Every once in a while, somewhere in the world, we come across a case that proves either overtly or implicitly that men can get away with things that women can’t. Read more »
The UAE should rethink its organ donation policy
The fact that the UAE along with other Middle Eastern states has yet to introduce an organ donation law – even though the Ministry of Health has been “mulling” doing so for as long as I can remember – is shameful. Read more »
Gulf Family Firms: Visions and Divisions
Family businesses play an integral part in the Gulf economies; they can act as a safety net for their countries and the region to recover sooner. With proper structures in place, government support and succession planning they will lead the Gulf out of this recession and forward into the next decades of the 21st century. Read more »