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  • Sisi in Saudi Arabia
    Egypt’s Sisi meets new Saudi King to discuss Middle East crises

    Egypt's President Abdel Fatteh el Sisi met Saudi Arabia's King Salman in Riyadh on Sunday for the pair's first in-depth talks on regional issues at a time of unprecedented turmoil in the Middle East.

  • Extremism
    A rare look inside a Saudi prison that showers terrorists with perks

    Nearly 1,100 high-security prisoners, all of them jailed on terrorism-related charges, are serving time in this prison a few miles south of Riyadh. Al-Hair is the largest of five high-security Saudi prisons established in the past decade to deal with a growing terrorism threat, first from al-Qaeda and more recently from the Islamic State.

  • Tourism
    Saudi eases access to long-hidden ancient ruins

    Originally nomads from the Arabian peninsula, the Nabataeans were masters of trade, dominating the incense and spice routes in the pre-Islamic period. Their civilisation collapsed in 106 AD at the hands of the Roman empire. After decades of prohibiting visitors, Saudi authorities are now increasingly allowing entry into pre-Islamic archaeological sites in the kingdom, though Western tourists are still a rare site.

  • Foreign Labor
    Crackdown on illegals to begin next Sunday

    Passports Department and related security agencies will start an intensive crackdown on labor and residency law violators from next Sunday, Director General of Passports Maj. Gen. Sulaiman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Yahya said in an exclusive interview to Okaz/Saudi Gazette.

  • Hilton
    Hilton expands its Dubai, Saudi portfolio

    Hotel group Hilton Worldwide is expanding its portfolio in Dubai and Saudi Arabia with the singing of three new properties and adding 656 rooms, extending its mid-market brand's portfolio of more than ten properties either trading or under development in the Middle East.

  • Emerging Economies: Demographics
    Emerging Economies’ Demographic Challenge

    With a comprehensive approach, 11 emerging economies (Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Turkey) could, on average, boost their annual productivity growth to as much as 6% by 2025. Four-fifths of that growth would be achieved through the adoption of approaches that have already been successful elsewhere, with new technological, operational, and business innovations covering the rest.

    The era of “easy" GDP growth driven by a massive army of young workers is ending. Emerging economies must face the resulting growth challenge head-on, by pursuing sweeping changes in policies, incentives, and established practices to boost productivity. Recognizing this imperative is the first step. Now the hard work must begin.

     

  • Jordan
    Jordan’s Syrian refugees

    « Previous | Next » Omer Karasapan | February 25, 2015 9:30am Jordan’s Syrian refugees Jordan Syria Job Creation Middle East and North Africa Share on emailShare on twitterShare on facebookShare on linkedin Share on google_plusone_shareShare on stumbleuponShare on redditShare on print Jordan is home to over 600,000 Syrian refugees registered with the United Nations. Actual numbers are estimated to be twice that. These refugees, despite a curtailing of health services and the occasional deportation, are unlikely to be going home soon, if ever.

  • Yemen
    For Yemen’s Arab Spring activists, hope plummets as chaos deepens

    Scores of activists have chosen to emigrate rather than struggle for dwindling opportunities in a country of about 25 million that is wrestling with nearly 50 percent unemployment and grinding poverty.

  • U.S. - Turkey
    Questions remain over Turkey’s training of Syrian opposition

    Whatever its merits or demerits, signing the agreement to train and equip moderate members of the Syrian opposition, and then claiming this also targets the Syrian regime — when that is not the intention of the US-led coalition — only reinforces the impression that the government’s Syrian policies, not to mention policies on other regional issues, are in a daze.

  • Afghanistan
    The unlikely life of Afghanistan’s first female taxi driver

    Every day, she plies her trade in a business ruled by conservative men. She endures condescending looks, outright jeers, even threats to her life. Most men will not enter her taxi, believing that women should never drive for a man.