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People visit the Global Logistics Forum in Riyadh on October 13, 2024. Fayez Nureldine / AFP

Can non-oil sectors shape the future of Gulf economies?

Sectors such as tourism, manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare have the potential to continue growing as a share of the Gulf states' overall revenue and to provide employment for the future

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 04, May 2025
A couple watch the sunset at the Red Sea resort of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, December 20, 2023. AFP

Generous Gulf pension benefits may soon be a thing of the past

With populations living longer and oil income expected to start tailing off, the region's recent largesse may need adjusting, as funding for changed demographics could soon become unsustainable

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 25, Sep 2024

Major EU-Gulf trade boost revives talk of reducing barriers

With $175bn worth of annual business between the two blocs, a free trade deal seems only sensible, yet visas and vested commercial interests remain obstacles.

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 25, Apr 2024
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud (R) and Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Hu Chunhua attend the 10th Arab-China Business Conference in Riyadh on June 11, 2023. AFP

China and GCC steadily grow economic ties amid challenges

Both China and the Gulf have much to offer one another, especially with the Gulf's thirst for big infrastructure projects and China's thirst for carbon.

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 28, Feb 2024
This 2013 pictures shows the destroyed Khaled bin Walid mosque in the al-Khalidiyah neighbourhood of the central Syrian city of Homs. AFP

Syrian reconstruction will only come from Syrian realism

Analysis of the diplomatic movement regarding Syria including the positions of Gulf states, Syria's neighbours, world powers, and Turkey

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 25, Apr 2023
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal (2nd R) welcomes US Vice President Joe Biden (C) at the Riyadh airbase on October 27, 2011, upon his arrival in the Saudi capital with a US official delegation to offer condolences to the King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz following the death of his brother, Crown Prince Sultan. BY AFP/GETTY IMAGES.

Biden’s Middle East Return Shows Stakes Couldn’t Be Higher

When U.S. President Joe Biden finally arrives in the Middle East in mid-July, it will be 18 months since he assumed office. They say a week is a long time in politics. A year and a half in the…

Dalia Ziada 24, Jun 2022
Abdelkader Zaoui

Iran Becoming Nuclear State Threatens Regional Balances

The eighth round of talks between Iran and major powers to revive the 2015 nuclear deal kicked off on December 27 in the Austrian capital of Vienna. Tehran is holding direct talks with the P4+1…

Abdelkader Zaoui 11, Jan 2022
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Frederic Hof: Israel-Syria peace is far off, but a truce is crucial

28 May 2025

The former US envoy to Damascus tells Al Majalla how to find a path to a lasting settlement and a new place in the Middle East, from his unique perspective and first-hand experience in Assad-era talks

Johaina Khaldieh
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The Israel-Houthi war achieves nothing and hurts both sides

28 May 2025

Killing Yemeni civilians further ruins Israel's global image. Meanwhile, the Houthis cannot defeat Israel militarily.

Anwar Al-Ansi
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The history of tariffs is still being written

29 May 2025

A US federal court has blocked Trump's tariffs and ruled that the president doesn't have unilateral authority to impose them, dealing a major blow to his economic policy

Toufic Chanbour
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Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha: Pulitzer Prize is a recognition of our story

26 May 2025

The US-based writer does not hold back in what he pens for American readers, nor is he censored. There is just one word that he is forbidden from using.

Houssam Marouf
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It’s time to build a regional climate fund

27 May 2025

As global climate finance falters and US support disappears, the MENA region faces a widening funding gap. Now is the time to create a regional climate finance mechanism.

Léa Eid

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