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  • Is Saudi Arabia Ready for Its Youth Bulge?

    The recent Arab Youth Survey shows that more Saudi youth have confidence in the future of the country than before. Many of them are starting to look outside the government to the private sector for employment, so I would say the needle has shifted.

  • Why are the world’s biggest oil-producing countries selling green bonds?

    On the one hand, Saudi Arabia’s government and sovereign wealth fund are preparing to issue green bonds, to drum up investment for renewable energy and other sustainable projects. On the other, Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil producer, plans to boost production of crude oil from 12 million barrels a day to 13 million barrels a day by 2027.

  • Opinion: Why are radical Islamists attacking Riyadh Season?

    Riyadh Season is the antithesis of the Sahwa and one of the most important pillars of Vision 2030, through which the old conservative, secluded, debilitating mentalities, which believe in strict interpretations of religion, are gradually changing. These mentalities believe that the road to paradise passes through the expansion of the list of prohibitions and the reduction of the permissible in Islam.

  • Rare Earth Elements: Where in the World Are They?

    The term “rare earth” is a misnomer as rare earth metals are actually abundant in the Earth’s crust. However, they are rarely found in large, concentrated deposits on their own, but rather among other elements instead.

  • Saudi Arabian GP Prediction: Can Mercedes Continue Their Unique F1 Streak After Hamilton’s Win in Qatar?

    Ever since the turbo-hybrid era began in 2014, Mercedes have dominated the Formula One grid. More interestingly, they won at all the new venues added to the F1 calendar since that era.

  • What are the most in-demand skills among startups in MENA?

    Talent remains one of the biggest challenges facing startups in the Middle East. Good talent is difficult to find and can be very costly. Convincing someone to forgo the comfort and attractive compensations of the corporate world to build something with a young startup can turn out to be a headache at best, and a nightmare at worst. “Every single person [working for a startup] is like a unicorn,” says Roland Daher, chief executive officer a AstroLabs. “You work very hard to find them and then you work very hard to keep them and grow them. This is a problem that is common across startups.”

  • What’s Behind the Gulf’s Trade Surge With Asia?

    GCC trade with emerging Asian economies, such as India and China, surged by 36% from $247 billion in 2010 to $336 billion in 2019. COVID-19 inevitably reduced trade volumes, but the outlook for further growth remains strong, and we expect GCC trade with emerging Asian economies to climb to approximately $480 billion by 2030.

  • Report: What are the post-pandemic prospects for growth in the Saudi food industry?

    With a population larger than the other five GCC countries combined, Saudi Arabia accounted for more than 50% of the region’s food imports prior to the pandemic, and 80% of food consumed in the Kingdom came from abroad. The Gulf region’s dependence on food imports made it vulnerable to the global supply chain disruptions that occurred during the pandemic, which contributed to spikes in food inflation in Saudi Arabia

  • Opinion: Is Tunisia Transitioning to a Liberalized Autocracy?

    If in the coming months Tunisia undergoes a transition, given current conditions, it will probably not be along a path back to democracy. Indeed, while President Kais Saied himself may be unsure where he wants to take the country, the most likely scenario is that Tunisia will stumble into semi-authoritarianism, or what this author has called “liberalized autocracy.” This kind of hybrid system has the virtue of tolerating some measure of political openness, but only under the umbrella of institutions, laws, and rules that give a regime the means to deter (or if need be, crush) threats to its ultimate control.

  • What next for Saudi Arabia’s emerging film sector?

    Al Hashem, who has opened 154 Vox Cinema screens in Saudi Arabia to date, commented on the huge audience appetite for both international and local content. The market, he said, is mostly influenced by international studio titles, although he noted that distributors must respect government decisions on certain titles. (Eternals, for example, is not allowed to screen in Saudi Arabia cinemas.) Yet local titles, such as the recent Masameer The Movie, which began life as a series of popular YouTube shorts before the cinema ban was lifted, can also do very well.