Archive for the “Middle East” category
GCF 2012. A focus on entrepreneurs.
by RIchard Attias and NYF Team on January 24, 2012 • Leave your comment
Entrepreneurship is the key to competitiveness, and it’s something every nation needs to think about. So it is entirely fitting that the Global Competitiveness Forum in Saudi Arabia is placing it at the center of its conference this year. Bringing (…)
Qatar Looks to a Healthy, Sporty Future
by RIchard Attias and NYF Team on January 13, 2012 • Leave your comment • Tagged as: development, Doha GOALS, economy, Middle East, Qatar, Sport
It’s a well known fact that exercise is vital to our mental and physical health. This is why the meeting of the Doha Pre-forum GOALS – Gathering of All Leaders in Sport — produced by Richard Attias and Associates, is (…)
The turning point
by Richard Attias on October 25, 2011 • One comment • Tagged as: euro crisis, Gilad Shalit, jobs, Morocco elections, Muammar Gaddafi, Tunisia elections
News of the capture and killing of Col. Muammar Gaddafi last week marked a turning point in Arab politics. Gaddafi was the longest serving leader in both Africa and the Arab world, and had ruled Libya since he was 27. He (…)
For Egypt’s stability, jobs and food prices will be key: Q&A with Prof. Bruce Rutherford
by NYF Team on August 26, 2011 • Leave your comment
Bruce Rutherford is the author of Egypt After Mubarak: Liberalism, Islam, and Democracy in the Arab World (Princeton, 2008), a book that examines the political and ideological battles occurring in contemporary Egypt, and which Time Magazine’s Fareed Zakaria described as “fascinating and timely.” Rutherford (…)
Egypt looks to an uncertain economic future
by NYF Team on August 25, 2011 • Leave your comment • Tagged as: economy, Egypt, IMF, Libya, Muammar el-Qaddafi, World Bank
A round-up of news and opinion. As the search for Muammar el-Qaddafi goes on in Libya today, a neighbor is grappling with the outcome of its own Arab spring. Egypt, the Arab world’s most populous country, moves towards a new regime, (…)
Memorable Quotes from the 2011 New York Forum
by NYF Team on June 24, 2011 • Leave your comment
“When we look at talent, and particularly capabilities, around the world, we have a lot more places to look for it today than thirty years ago. There’s the fall of the Iron Curtain … and great institutions are being built. (…)
The New Arab World: Investing in Change
by Speakers and contributors on June 22, 2011 • 3 comments • Tagged as: Ahmed El Alfi, Brahim Fassi Fihri, entrepreneurship, Fahd Hamidaddin, Jaloul Ayed, Karim Hajji, Morocco, revolution, Richard Attias, Roger Cohen
One of the topics on everyone’s mind at this year’s New York Forum is surely the Arab Spring, and what it means for business. This afternoon, Richard Attias, Founder and Chairman, Richard Attias & Associates, and Founder, The New York (…)
“What we need is cash”: Rich countries must support the Arab Spring
by Frieda on May 25, 2011 • Leave your comment • Tagged as: Arab Spring, Egypt, Middle East, Tunisia
The announcement that the former president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, may soon stand trial for murder is a startling reminder of how things have changed in the Middle East. A month ago, reports of Mubarak’s sons’ change of status circulated, as (…)
Is democracy a realistic proposition for Tunisia?
by Richard Attias on May 23, 2011 • 4 comments • Tagged as: Democracy, President Obama, Tunisia
Tunisia’s elections to form an assembly to rewrite the constitution are scheduled for July, and some commentators have predicted there may be a democracy (as we recognise it) in place by the end of 2011. But is this timeframe realistic (…)
Don’t touch Jamaa el Fna – part of our world heritage
by Richard Attias on May 12, 2011 • 2 comments • Tagged as: Jamaa el Fna, Marrakesh, Morocco
While New York celebrates Moroccan culture this month by programming a series of events including the closing bell ceremony at the Nasdaq by an important delegation of ministers and business leaders, we should keep in mind what happened in Marrakesh (…)
