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  • Modernity and tradition: Khalid Habash’s stunning photos of Saudi
     

    It is no secret that Saudi Arabia’s economy and society are modernizing at a remarkable pace. Already the Arab world’s largest economy, the Kingdom also has one of the world’s highest GDP growth rates.  Government spending is expansive and investment in infrastructure, education and numerous other sectors are at all time highs.  Soon to be […]

     
  • Will Saudi Arabia become an oil importer by 2030?
     

    THIS was the question asked all of this past week all over the world. Thousands of stories were filed on the topic, following speculation by a Citigroup analyst that Saudi Arabia may start importing oil by 2030. According to that theory, by 2030, Saudi consumption of oil would outstrip production and we could be importing […]

     
  • Saudi Mortgage Law: Key Details Still to be Determined
     

    Saudi Arabia faces housing challenges caused by rapid population growth and an inflow of expatriate workers to the kingdom.

     
  • Saudi Athletes in London
     

    London 2012 was historic for both Saudi Arabia and the Olympic games. Saudi Arabia sent its first female athletes ever to the Olympics, completing a strong talking point for the games’ organizers: London 2012 was the first time every country competing in the Olympics sent at least one woman. Sarah Attar (800m) and Wojdan Shahrkhani (Judo) […]

     
  • Wealth Management in the Middle East: Boon or Bust?
     

    Middle Eastern policymakers and bankers will develop an indigenous wealth management industry which keeps the super-wealthy’s investments at home. Developing a local national wealth management industry requires letting in foreign competition, changing banking and securities laws, and growing local companies whose shares are worth buying. The first part of the article reviews trends in wealth […]

     
  • Living Social
     

    In their pursuit to be where the young consum­ers are, brands have long identified social media as a crucial place to establish a presence. Where else will you find huge numbers of youngsters highly active and engaged? Results from market research company TNS indicate that 68 percent of MENA youth spend 12 hours per  week […]

     
  • The problem with taxing foreign-earned income
     

    Eritrea is one of only two countries in the world that applies citizenship-based taxation in addition to residence-based taxation.  The other? The United States of America. In fact, the US is the ONLY industrialized country in the world to impose citizenship-based taxation. The immediate result for American expatriates is a blizzard of confusing and complex […]

     
  • Five Facts About Saudi Arabian Horses
     

    The 2012 London Olympics have had many controversial headlines in the news about horse sports and Saudi Arabia. With that in mind, many people know about the Arabian horse’s influence in modern Thoroughbreds and equestrian athletics, what about a country these horses originate from? Interestingly, the country of Saudi Arabia is full of horse-related facts […]

     
  • Key to the kingdom
     

    2012 is likely to be the tipping point for the Gulf’s most ambitious real estate project. If the good results continue, and companies carry on signing up to take advantage of the transport infrastructure coming online in 2013, then KAEC looks set to snowball. But when will the city be fully completed? “Our target is […]

     
  • IMAX ARABIA 3D Now Available for Mass Consumption on Netflix Streaming
     

    IMAX ARABIA 3D, the film directed by Hamzah Jamjoom, is now available to watch at any time on Netflix’s instant streaming option for the first time.

     

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  • Opinion: What Does U.S. “Withdrawal” from the Middle East Mean?

    The debate on U.S. policy in the Middle East needs to move away from abstractions like “commitment” versus “withdrawal” and engage with the real questions of just what interests in the Middle East justify the presence of U.S. military force and what threats justify its use.

  • Without a Nuclear Deal, How Close Is Iran to a Bomb?

    Iran has accumulated enough enriched uranium to construct several bombs should its leaders choose to purify the heavy metal to the 90% level typically used in weapons. Moreover, it has not only returned to enriching to 20% but has for the first time gone to 60%, a level of purity the International Atomic Energy Agency says is technically indistinguishable from weapons-grade fuel.

  • What is it like to shoot an international production in Saudi Arabia?

    “We had a really good experience,” says Nelson. “The country isn’t what you think of it in the press. We made the movie we wanted to make with nobody behind us going, ‘Sorry guys, you’ve got to do it like this’.

  • What is it like to shoot an international production in Saudi Arabia?

    If you build it, will they come? Saudi Arabia is investing heavily in creating a world-class locations hub. But what is the reality of shooting in this vast country of which little is still known? Less than four years after it lifted its ban on cinemas, Saudi Arabia’s aim of becoming the Middle East’s foremost filming location seems to be bearing fruit with two major Hollywood movies shooting in the country. The cameras have just started rolling on Thunder Road’s Kandahar starring Gerard Butler while Desert Warrior, starring Anthony Mackie and Aiysha Hart, has been shooting since September.

  • Will other GCC countries follow UAE’s suit in a Saturday and Sunday weekend?

    “The willingness of other GCC countries to follow will be attenuated by the fact that only Qatar has a comparable presence of expatriates as a percentage of the population,” said Omar Al-Ubaydli, director of research at the Bahrain Centre for Strategic, International and Energy Studies.

  • Analysis: Is Shale Gas A Gamechanger For Saudi Arabia?

    "All other factors remaining equal, one billion cubic feet of gas equals 0.167 million barrels of oil equivalent, so 2.2 Bcf/d (the future Jafurah output) equals 0.3674 million barrels of oil equivalent, or 367,400 barrels. Therefore, the total projected new amount of gas to come from Jafurah is around 367,400 barrels per day, which is not even enough to cover the current amount of oil being (400,000 bpd) burned for power generation in Saudi Arabia, even if Aramco’s already elevated gas production holds steady."

  • Carbon capture and storage: where should the world store CO₂?

    Storing carbon is roughly the reverse of extracting it from the ground, and there is an opportunity for workers in the oil and gas industry to lend their skills and expertise to this endeavour.

  • Will rare Emirati visit to Iran lead to ‘beginning of a new era’?

    TbZ’s rare visit to Iran was also closely followed by Emirati experts. Prominent academic Dr. Abdulkhaleq Abdulla described the aim of the UAE as being “to establish a new moment in the history of the region,” and that this “diplomatic movement” is stemming from “the capitals of the region, not from Washington.”

  • Is the fate of the JCPOA talks in Vienna about to be determined?

    Iran and the P5+1 (US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany) reached a deal in 2015 on limiting Tehran’s nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief. However, in 2018, then president Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the US from the accord and reimposed all sanctions. Since taking office in January, the Joe Biden administration has been involved in seven rounds of indirect talks with Iran on reviving the JCOPA.

  • Is the Son Setting?

    Rumors have been rife lately that former prime minister Saad al-Hariri may choose not to stand in parliamentary elections next year, if they are held. And while newspaper reports suggest that Hariri has not yet taken a final decision on the matter, everything about his political path lately makes this outcome very possible.