Traditional nightlife in Cairo is under threat from new Western entertainment and increasingly conservative attitudes.

The global recession has ushered in a collective sense of gloom. Here’s how a cross-section of Gulf residents is coping.

Faced with a stock market slump, evaporating liquidity and a major financial institution in crisis, the Central Bank of Kuwait has its work cut out.

Once hailed as the meeting point of Africa and Arabia, the red-walled city of Marrakesh is under siege from an army of modern tourists.

As GCC Summits go, the 28th, held in Doha in early December, was one of the most significant, yielding an “historic declaration,”Rahman al-Attiyah.

Dubai wants to be a destination for medical tourists, but success won’t happen overnight. Those in need of specialist care tend to shop around best deal.

Middle East record labels are using the same technologies that threaten to put them out of business to win back music fans who have been seduced by piracy.

After the calls to leave had been issued, armed security guards finally escorted the bulldozer toward its target, a metal shack that easily crumpled. Moments before, it had been home to Abdul-Karim Hamad Tarabin, his parents and 16 siblings.
 
“We knew it would be destroyed but didn’t know exactly when,” says 18-year-old Abdul-Karim about the [...]

It is situated in the lower income Arab town of Umm al-Fahm (Mother of Coal) in northern Israel. Umm al-Fahm is often known for the devoutness of its residents, and in political terms it is the bastion of the Islamic Movement, whose radical wing seeks Israel’s replacement by an Islamic [...]