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How VAT, or its absence, can help the post-Covid economy

Businesses and enterprises the world over have been hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Since the outbreak, the United Arab Emirates has taken a series of measures to help alleviate the fallout on...

Why western societies are mishandling the pandemic?

One of the highlights of my annual calendar is time spent at my home in the English countryside and in various European countries. During my travels I have always recharged my energy ready to take...

Egyptians should feel proud of their nation’s achievements

I have always loved Egypt and its people since my first visit to Cairo as a young and impressionable man coming from what was then a small coastal town called Dubai.

New wealth management law is a welcome game changer

As a founder and chairman of a family business, I heartily welcome the decision taken by the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Ruler of Dubai, His Highness...

A brave new dawn in Arab-Israeli relations

“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.” This is one of South African President Nelson Mandela’s many pearls of wisdom.

A fiasco fit for low-budget reality TV

What on earth has happened to the planet’s bastion of democracy, a nation highly respected for its rule of law, civil liberties and constitution that provides checks and balances to prevent abuse by...

Farewell to the Emir of Kuwait, an Arab patriot and peacemaker

A distinguished leader, who won the respect of the international community and the love of his people, has been summoned to heaven at the great age of 91.

The Circle of Peace can heal our troubled region

Congratulations to the peoples of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Israel who following the historic signing of the Abraham Accord on the 15th of September 2020 in the White House Rose...

The US media’s obsession with Donald Trump

The once reputed American media networks, whose newsgathering, unbiased reporting and war coverage was formerly beyond reproach, have evolved into a platform for people who despise the current...

Hungary, Europe’s rising star

While I do not minimise the hardships endured by many millions all over the planet or the economic devastation wrought by a virus that respects no borders, I am optimistic that once the plague is...

Open letter to President Donald Trump

In this age of Covid-19 there is no nation that is not cruelly affected by the most virulent virus in over a century that is ruining lives and destroying economies.

Covid-19 requires truth not conspiracy theories

It has been a shock to discover that more than half the world’s population has been placed under house arrest.

IMF and World Bank, wolves in sheep’s clothing

For years the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been pressing Gulf States to apply Value Added Tax (VAT) on consumer goods and services, ostensibly to strengthen fiscal budgets. It appears that...

‘Peace to Prosperity’ workshop deserves a chance

The Palestinian Authority and all Palestinian factions have rejected any participation in the upcoming US-Bahraini sponsored economic peace conference to be held in Manama on 25 and 26 June to be...

Trump’s Twitter feed is a magnet for bigots

Just as I was beginning to admire Donald Trump, the President of the United States for building one of the healthiest US economies in living history and for his uncompromising stance against the...

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