Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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File photo of Turkish lira banknotes. (Reuters/Murad Sezer)

Graft scandal exposes Turkish economic vulnerability

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 30, 2013 | Business

Ankara, AP— For the last decade, an idea has prevailed that Turkey might provide a model for modernizing Muslim countries, combining Islam, democracy and market economics. By 2012 the country’s economy had grown 64 percent from 10 years previous, making it the 15th...

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Dr. Saleh Yahya Mohsen in his office in Sana’a (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Yemen: Open for Business?

by Asma Al-Ghabiri | Aug 14, 2013 | Business

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—”Business” is not the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of Yemen, the Arabian peninsula’s poorest and most troubled state. However, despite its political and economic problems, the country is taking steps to...

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Egyptian protesters hold bread along with a flyer reading in Arabic “Danger, no to loans that lead to poverty” during a rally in downtown Cairo against the visit of a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on April 3, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ KHALED DESOUKI)

The Economy’s the Thing

by Yousef Al-Dayni | Apr 6, 2013 | Opinion

Can there still be talk of harmony between the Arab Spring states after all this time? Is it not enough to contemplate the rise of new political powers under the leadership of the international Muslim Brotherhood organization, particularly as this has all been...