Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Media ID: 55337988
Caption:

This file photo shows a worker walking on an oil pipeline at the Khurmala oil field on the outskirts of the city of Erbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, on December 4, 2013. (Reuters/Stringer)

Opinion: The Boon and Bane of Cheaper Oil

by Masood Ahmed | Jan 21, 2015 | Opinion

The steep decline in oil prices presents new economic realities for countries in the MENA region. Global oil prices have declined by more than half from their peak last summer, to levels not seen since a short period in 2009. The combination of unexpectedly higher oil...

Media ID: 55337521
Caption:

Inger Andersen, the World Bank’s vice president for the Middle East and North Africa, smiles during a news conference in Rabat, Morocco, on September 7, 2012. (AFP Photo/ Abdelhak Senna)

World Bank Vice-President: Half of region’s population living on less than $4 a day

by Mina Al-Oraibi | Oct 15, 2014 | Business

Washington DC, Asharq Al-Awsat—With war and chaos gripping parts of the Arab world, it is easy to forget that the economic situation across wide swaths of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is also bleak. The dire economic prospects of many regional states were...

Media ID: 55337363
Caption:

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde gives opening remarks before a session addressing inclusive growth during the World Bank and IMF annual meetings in Washington, DC, USA, on October 8, 2014. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

MENA region to witness 4.2 percent growth in 2015: World Bank

by Mina Al-Oraibi | Oct 9, 2014 | Business

Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—Economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is projected to average 4.2 percent in 2015, up from 3.5 percent this year, the World Bank said in a report published on Wednesday, as representatives from across the globe...

Media ID: 55311267
Caption:

A supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi chants slogans against the army during a protest Cairo University, in Giza, Egypt, Friday, July 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Mursi faces jailbreak probe as Egypt braces for protests

by Mahmud El Shafey | Jul 26, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Egypt braces for a new wave of protests and counter-protests between supporters and opponents of Mohamed Mursi, state prosecutors have ordered the deposed president’s detention for a period of 15 days over alleged contacts with the...

Media ID: 55303628
Caption:

A photograph supplied by thePalestinian Authority shows Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres with US Secretary of State John Kerry as they pose for a three-way handshake, during the World Economic Forum meeting in the Dead Sea, in Jordan, 26 May 2013. Source: EPA/Thaer Ghanaim

Reflections from the Dead Sea

by Mina Al-Oraibi | May 29, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

As over one thousand participants of the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa left the Dead Sea this week, they took with them thoughts of a region where change continues to be the only certainty. Changes in leadership in some countries, changes in...