The Extraordinary Privilege of the Wealthy Suburbs in Egypt
The Egyptian group 10 Tooba recently published findings on government spending on the country’s built environment—and the results are stark. Thestudy looks at public spending…
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Flyover opens to Abu Dhabi-bound traffic
The second half of the Shaikh Zayed Road flyover opened for traffic on Friday morning. The 16-lane flyover bridge, which is part of the Dubai…
Egyptian cenbank pays back $1 billion debt owed to Qatar
Egypt has returned to Qatar $1 billion deposited by the Gulf state to help prop up the Egyptian central bank’s hard currency reserves after the…
Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum – Dubai′s fairytale prince
Dubai’s Crown Prince is a star on Instagram. With some 3.5 million subscribers, he has long since overtaken royals such as Prince William and Kate….
Turkey in the shadow of terror
When the media rushed to the scene of the attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, photographer Furkan Temir took a moment to mentally prepare before going…
Oman’s Shura Council recommends downsizing government
A special committee of the Shura Council for studying the effects of lower oil prices has recommended the merger a number of ministries and government…
Egypt’s Fattah el-Sisi celebrates toppling of Morsi
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has celebrated the 2013 overthrow of the country’s first democratically-elected president by ordering a lavish military display in the capital…
The Slow-Motion Crisis in Saudi Arabia
Long-stewing problems in one region don’t go away just because another region is at center stage. While Brexit has raged, 3,000 miles away in Riyadh…
Dubai gets higher resolution update on Google Earth
Aerial views of the famous Palm and World islands,as well as the rest of Dubai, are now sharper than ever, thanks to the latest satellite…
‘Trapped by all the sides’ in Yemen’s largely ignored war
The streets are eerily silent in this front-line enclave near Freedom Square, where thousands of protesters rose up against the government five years ago. The…