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Saudi market whets the appetite of Egyptian developers

Mounting challenges in Egypt contrast sharply with the stability of Saudi Arabia, where the real estate sector will soon be among the world's biggest. No wonder Egyptian developers are looking east

Sharif Mohammad 07 February 2025
An aerial photograph of a part of Cairo showing the historic Amr ibn al-Aas Mosque in the city of Fustat (right), the Coptic Cairo area and the Nile Island, and Giza appears. April 28, 2023 AFP

Why buying real estate to safeguard savings is hurting Egypt's economy

As inflation soars and the currency plunges, property looks like a sound investment to Egyptians seeking to secure their savings. But this opens the economy up to more danger. Al Majalla explains.

Marcelle Nasr 03 September 2023
In a country where economic data is sparse, observers look to real estate and stock market performance to assess the overall state of the economy. Axel Rangel Garcia

In Kuwait, drop in real estate transactions points to economic lull

In a country where economic data is sparse, observers look to real estate and stock market performance to assess the overall state of the economy

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 21 June 2023
A general view shot shows a neighborhood in the Syrian capital Damascus. (AFP PHOTO / LOUAI BESHARA)

Stagnation in Syria’s Real Estate Market

The efforts of countries located in Syria’s vicinity and working to return Syrian refugees to their country forced the refugees to head to the real estate market, which is witnessing a major…

Jiwan Soz 26 August 2022
Public Auctions of Forcibly Displaced People’s Lands (AFP).

Syrians Worried Over Regime Selling Their Real Estate

Hundreds of Syrian families in the countryside of Idlib and Hama are facing a new problem of selling and investing in their real estate through public auctions supervised by the government of…

Jiwan Soz 04 June 2022
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Zarif’s peace gambit meets Tehran’s limits

15 April 2026

Tehran can likely contemplate a deal, but it is far less clear that it can yet imagine lasting peace

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A two-week truce has sparked a cautious market rebound, but deep anxiety persists over renewed escalation and its impact on global growth and inflation

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‘Kushner and Witkoff spoiled the US-Iran talks’

13 April 2026

Sources tell Al Majalla that Iran was able to build a rapport with US Vice President JD Vance in Islamabad, but sensed his hands were tied in the presence of Trump's son-in-law and close friend

Kamal Alam
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The Iran war exposed the fragility of Europe’s economy

15 April 2026

Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and rising energy prices are exposing the structural vulnerabilities of Europe's economy

Mohamed Sharki
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Lebanon’s Shiites are fighting a two-front war

15 April 2026

The first is on the border against Israel, which seeks to seize their land and drive them northwards; the second is within Lebanon itself, against a state that seeks to marginalise them

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