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What do the next ten years hold for creativity, innovation and intellectual production in the Middle East? Among the presentations to the Arab Thought Foundation’s ninth annual conference, FIKR9, one narrative for how the region should evolve dominated all others.
This said the region can harness its ‘youth bulge’ to create a knowledge economy. This can happen from within the existing political structures, and will fuse Gulf oil wealth and investment expertise with the ever growing pool of human talent from across the region. But it was not the only narrative by any means.
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Dubai and Abu Dhabi saw their main stock markets fall sharply today as they opened for the first time since a state-owned company in Dubai asked for extra time to repay its debt.
For many in the Middle East, the specter of Dubai’s towering promise tumbling down is a deep affront to regional pride.
“Oh Proud Emirates, with your golden sands and high sky,” said a reader on Emirat Al-Youm, “your men, women, children, elderly and wise people will not bow down or be humiliated.”
