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Special Report: The Global Meltdown!

The latest issue features a pinnacle focus on the global financial crisis and what led to the markets to tumble. As well as paying tribute to several empowered women.

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Special Report by Bader I. Berjaoui

It has become apparent that the term globalisation directly relates to the cardinal sins and has resulted in a perilous global crisis which has made evident its limitations and scalability and moreover has replaced trust and confidence with fear. The doom and gloom of the financial markets started with a joyride of loose lending in the United States has fully blown into a pandemic and resulting in another titanic slowly sinking into the impervious depths of the sea taking away jobs and shattering confidence.

INTERVIEW » Dr. Abdullah Dabbagh

Strategy for the optimized development of the
kingdom

Ma’aden was formed in 1997 to devise and deliver a coherent strategy for the optimized development of the kingdom’s non oil mineral resources. So that means that where feasible Ma’aden should go beyond the exploration for and mining of mineral resources and seek to retain as many of the subsequent value added processes and downstream opportunities within the Kingdom.

Special Report » Gold Strikes Back

The World Gold Council special investment report and analysis on the worlds most luxurious commodity.

Founded in 1987, the World Gold Council (www.gold.org) is an organisation formed and funded by the world's leading gold mining companies with the aim of stimulating and maximising the demand for, and holding of, gold by consumers, investors, industry, and the official sector.

Special Report » Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani

Mrs. Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani, founder and chairman of the Arab International Womens Forum
Promoting Sustainable Empowerment: The Work of the Arab International Women’s Forum

The subjects of economic competitiveness, sustainable human development and the empowerment of women through partnership, increased connectivity, innovation and collaboration, lie at the very heart of the mission and vision of the Arab International Women’s Forum.

INTERVIEW » Nadia Zaal

Karim Ayyoub visits Nadia Zaal, CEO of Zaya, a new generation of being empowered has risen.

Abu Dhabi has become a renowned destination for travelers and investors alike, but an estranged development not far from the metropolis which promises a paradise of tranquility, fulfilling the need of seclusion and prosperity. As the helicopter transports Karim Ayyoub of Saudi Business Focus to the Nurai Island.