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Digital deception in the Middle East

29 May 202029 May 2020Hugh MilesPodcastsBahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Arab Digest · Digital deception in the Middle East

Bahrain: what price security?

19 May 2020William LawArab Digest EmailBahrain, Covid-19, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK, USA

Bahrain’s economy, hit by the oil price crash and Covid-19 has little hope for recovery even as it continues its heavy spend on security.

Covid-19, the oil price crash and what the MENA region could look like post-pandemic

15 May 2020Hugh MilesPodcastsAlgeria, Bahrain, Covid-19, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE

The Gulf: migrant workers heading for home

14 May 202014 May 2020William LawArab Digest EmailBahrain, Covid-19, India, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Migrant workers in the Gulf are trying to get home to escape Covid-19 and destitution.

Post Covid-19 what is the future for political Islam in MENA?

17 April 20206 May 2020Hugh MilesPodcastsBahrain, Covid-19, Egypt, Islam, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Not even Covid-19 can end the Gulf Feud

10 April 20206 May 2020William LawPodcastsBahrain, Covid-19, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE

MENA post Covid-19

3 April 20206 May 2020William LawPodcastsAlgeria, Bahrain, Covid-19, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen

Covid-19 hits the MENA economies

3 March 2020William LawArab Digest EmailAlgeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, UAE

Economies in the MENA region were slowing even before coronavirus hit.

Arab support for the Trump deal evaporates

6 February 20206 February 2020William LawArab Digest EmailBahrain, Israel, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

As details of the “deal of the century” filter down Arab states back the Palestinians and turn away from Washington.

Justice in Bahrain

14 January 2020William LawArab Digest EmailBahrain, death penalty, UK

A decision by a Bahraini court to reimpose the death penalty on two men whose convictions for the murder of a police officer are highly suspect raises questions about the UK’s role in efforts to reform Bahrain’s judiciary.