While many people see Islamic insurance as a contradiction in terms,
the sector is taking off in Saudi Arabia.

Media in the land of the Pharoahs are pushing free speech, but they may be missing how the local newspaper market is changing.

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) recent inaugural summit in Dubai represented the equivalent of an intellectual assault course for its delegates on a range of socioeconomic and geopolitical issues (68 in fact). And at the heart of it lies a puzzle.

Israel is discovering an unpleasant truth about how it will feel the
economic crunch.

Property auctions may be an indulgence of the rich, but they’re also a growing trend in the Dubai real estate market that can’t be ignored.

Captive insurance may be gaining popularity elsewhere, but the concepthasn’t quite caught on yet with Middle Eastern companies.

Incompetent’ Barclays embarrassed by allegations as it seeks Qatar Investment Authority help in raising $7.9bn.

When MerchantBridge’s Samir A. Arab test-drove a Spyker car a few years ago, he was impressed. “How much?” he asked. “$250,000,” came the reply.

Not long ago Batelco wasn’t just a big fish in the pond; it was the only fish. Now competition has made Batelco’s size a liability. Can the company wriggle free?

The Middle East is finally jumping on the carbon trading bandwagon. Surprised?