by Mohammed Alkhereiji | Oct 9, 2013 | Business
Dubai, Asharq Al-Awsat— Cityscape 2013, the Middle East’s largest and most influential real estate event, kicked off in Dubai on Tuesday. The event, which was formally opened by Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai, takes place at a...
by Mohammed Alkhereiji | Sep 17, 2013 | Business
Dubai, Asharq Al-Awsat—Europe’s largest Islamic bank is in the process of becoming listed on Dubai’s NASDAQ bourse next month, and if successful will be the Gulf emirate’s first listing in over four years. The Bank of London and The Middle East...
by Mohammed Alkhereiji | Jun 15, 2013 | Business
Dubai, Asharq Al-Awsat—Is the Dubai property market setting itself up for another fall? Analysts differ, but if the numbers are any indication, the second-largest Gulf emirate has come a long way from the property market meltdown that saw housing prices crash by as...
by Mohammed Alkhereiji | May 15, 2013 | Business
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Jeff Singer, CEO of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), hopes to double the size of the financial hub within the next decade. Singer, who celebrates his first year as CEO this August, is responsible for the DIFC shift from a...
by Mohammed Alkhereiji | Apr 16, 2013 | World
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), one of the UK’s leading Islamic organizations, has launched a campaign to include Islamic contributions to Western civilization in the national history curriculum. A draft proposal for the new curriculum was...
