The Youth Unemployment Bomb

From Businessweek, Peter Coy, In Tunisia, the young people who helped bring down a dictator are called hittistes — French-Arabic […]

Crude Oil Spikes Like An Egyptian

By Dian L. Chu, EconForecast Images of mass Egyptian protesters clashing with police in Cairo broadcasted around the world shook […]

Oxstones Food for Thought – Black Swan Brewing in the Middle East

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-founder, CEO, & Chief Investment Strategist, Oxstone Capital Management The ongoing crisis in Egypt is much […]

The Egyptian Unrest: A Special Report

From Stratfor site, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak remains the lifeblood of the demonstrators, who still number in the tens of […]

Qatar’s Bid for the World Cup: Shifting to a Knowledge Based Economy

From the Brookings Institution, Qatar’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup tournament was successful, making it the first Arab […]

Top Investment Trends For Futurists

By JON C. OGG, 247Wallst, Futurists are an odd lot. Generally, they are authors, scientists, consultants and economists. What many […]

Is the Gulf Running Out of Water?

By Adam Gonn, The Media Line, Falling water tables and a salinization of underground aquifers is leaving the Gulf in […]

Civil Society in the Arab World and the Dilemma of Funding

From Brookings Institute Civil society played a critical role in democratic transitions in Eastern Europe and Latin America. To the […]