Opinion

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Think that 2016 was a tough year for Saudi Arabia? Wait until you see 2017

2016 was not a good year for Saudi Arabia. Sharply lowered oil…

James Dorsey

UN security council’s recent resolution: victory or defeat?

Many Palestinian, Arab, and global entities celebrated the voting of the UN…

Moatasem Ahmed Dalloul

The illusion of subsidising

I belong to a generation that used to do well with a…

Emad El-Sayed

In Mahmoud Abou Zaid’s realism, women claim modest victories

Mahmoud Abou Zaid passed away in December 2016

Hanan Hashem

The double skills gap

Building a skilled workforce requires new employment strategies, but one must not…

Andy Campbell

The Stopover: Every war is different, every war is the same

The Stopover is directed by Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin

Adham Youssef

Ran: a visually magnificent Shakespearian carnage

Ran is directed by Akira Kurosawa

Adham Youssef

US abstention on Israeli settlement resolution too little, too late

The United States’ abstention from voting on the UN security council’s anti-settlement resolution…

Cesar Chelala

What if terrorising terrorism fails?

Whether we like it or not, the world is grappling with this…

Moataz Bellah Abdel-Fattah

Towards a new world order in Eurasia? The role of Russia and China

A new Russian-led, China-backed Eurasia-centred world order may be in the making…

James Dorsey