Of fathers and daughters
Summary: a Moroccan father grieves for his daughter; a Bahraini daughter risks all to save her father.
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Of football and peace talks
Summary: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman continues his rehabilitation drive with diplomatic initiatives and further eye-wateringly expensive forays into the world of professional sport.
AI and the digitalisation drive in the Middle East and North Africa
Summary: the digital transition is causing major changes across the world, from the adoption of AI chatbots like ChatGPT to major investments in IT infrastructure and fibre-optic cables. The Middle East is scrambling to keep up with the latest developments.
An unlasting home
Summary: Arab Digest’s editor talks to Mai al-Nakib about her debut novel, a sweeping and panoramic portrait of five generations of women.
Prospects for a ceasefire in Yemen
Summary: Yemen remains a country where tragedy in the form of a deadly stampede and hope in the shape of a prison release ahead of a potential peace deal stand side by side. We thank our regular contributor Helen Lackner for today’s article. A Yemen expert, Helen works as a freelance rural development consultant and is …
Prospects for a ceasefire in Yemen
Summary: Yemen remains a country where tragedy in the form of a deadly stampede and hope in the shape of a prison release ahead of a potential peace deal stand side by side.
Oil: what’s behind a surprise OPEC+ production cut?
Summary: as is generally the case with surprises, markets have almost certainly overreacted to the latest OPEC+ cuts in oil output, the timing of which probably owes more to Saudi/US tensions than it does to global economic prospects. They will almost certainly be more than reversed in 2H2023.
Saudi Arabia’s Giga Projects – from oil windfalls to ‘New Murraba’
Summary: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is using giga-projects to drive forward his plan to wean the kingdom off its dependency on oil revenues; the results thus far of his Vision2030 project are mixed but if oil prices hold steady MbS may yet see some of his hugely ambitious schemes come to fruition by the end of the decade.
A whole lot of passenger planes
Summary: with Saudi Arabia’s announcement of a massive purchase of Boeing’s Dreamliner 787s, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman beckons to Washington that fraying diplomatic relations aside, it’s business as usual.
Israel, the UAE and Gautam Adani
Summary: a high flying Indian billionaire has been brought to earth by a devastating report alleging extensive financial irregularities; both Abu Dhabi and Israel find themselves caught up in an unfolding scandal.