Putting Economic Sustainability First

It was on a Thursday in early June 2005 when it happened. That Thursday began like any other day in the bustling emirate of Dubai: expats and locals were preparing for the weekend. They hoped to relax with friends and family, much needed after a tough working week. The temperature that day was a blistering 41C (104F). People in Dubai often use an expression, ‘It was so hot you could fry an egg on the street,’ but on that day it seemed as if the phrase was no mere joke, as when stepping o...

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MENA Enterprise

“Invest in whichever sector that could serve the young generation ... in the service sectors, like education, healthcare and coffee. We’re talking about frontier markets ... Iraq, Lebanon and Tunisia,” advises Shwan Taha, founder of Rabee Securities, the first international Iraq-based brokerage firm. On February 2, Taha’s firm brokered the largest initial public offering in the Arab world since 2008, when the Saudi Arabian Mining Company began trading publically. At the second annual ...

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