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SAUDI ARABIA’S ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE YIELDS OVER $100 BILLION IN FINANCIAL SETTLEMENTS
According to an official statement by Saud al-Mojeb, Saudi Arabia’s attorney general, financial settlements worth over SAR 400 billion ($106.7…
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WOMEN DRIVERS TO TRANSFORM SAUDI ARABIA’S AUTOMOTIVE MARKET
A royal decree was signed in September 2017 allowing Saudi women to apply for driving licenses with immediate effect. A…
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Business
EGYPT’S NEW CAPITAL: MEGA-PROJECT OR MIRAGE?
A new administrative and financial capital, announced by the Egyptian government in March 2015, will be located 45 kilometers to…
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Business
GCC RETAIL TRENDS
As an update to its GCC Retail Industry report in January 27, 2015, Alpen Capital’s May 2017 report presents a…
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Arts & Culture
SAUDI CINEMA: HISTORY IN THE MAKING
It’s not widely known that as recently as the 1970s there were cinemas in Saudi Arabia but the ultra-conservative clerical…
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Science & Technology
COMPUTING’S HOLY GRAIL
Speaking at the IEEE Industry Summit on the Future of Computing in Washington D.C. on 10th November, Dario Gil, IBM…
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Science & Technology
THREE MEGATRENDS DRIVING DIGITAL BUSINESS
The emerging technologies on the Gartner Inc. Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2017 reveal three distinct megatrends that will enable…
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Travel
OMAN: A NEW LUXURY DESTINATION?
In the January 2018 issue of LEADERS we reported on the unique culture, stunning natural landscapes and some of the…
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Arts & Culture
THE “SHIP OF THE DESERT”
Known as ‘the ship of the desert’, camels have always been an integral part of life in Saudi Arabia and…
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Lifestyle
MOROCCO’S STUNNING NATURAL BEAUTY
Morocco is well-known for its rich culture and fascinating history, its bustling cities such as Marrakech, Fez, Tangiers and Agadir,…
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Business
THE MIDDLE EAST TEXTILE INDUSTRY
The Middle East has long been known as a major trading hub for textiles. What is less well-known is that…
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Business
Arabian Hotel Investment Conference
According to MEED Projects, the online projects tracking service, the value of new hotel investments in the Middle East and…
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Business
The Saudi Arabia Hotel investment conference
With 40,020 rooms across 89 projects in the construction pipeline, Saudi Arabia currently has the largest number of hotel rooms…
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Business
DAVOS 2018: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Last month, the “rich and famous” from around the world, many of them in their private jets, descended on the…
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Interviews
EMERGING YOUNG LEADERS
On May 4 this year, the U.S. State Department hosted the Emerging Young Leaders Award ceremony in Washington DC where…
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Lifestyle
STARTING TO EXERCISE
Hundreds of studies have shown that regular exercise lowers the risk of serious health problems such as heart disease, diabetes,…
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Lifestyle
THE GOLDEN SPICE
Ground turmeric root has been used in Indian and Chinese cooking and traditional medicine for centuries. Today, turmeric is available…
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