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Diriyah Company Awards $490 Million Contract: Details
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SAMoCA is a flagship project by the Museums Commission. It aims to document, research, exhibit and champion Saudi modern and contemporary art.
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Bahrain FinTech Bay and the Future of Africa–Gulf Markets
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At a time when governments and institutions across the Gulf are accelerating investments into digital transformation, financial technology, artificial intelligence, and startup ecosystems, Bahrain has positioned itself as an agile and highly competitive innovation hub with growing global relevance.
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GDP Is Not Enough to Tell If People Are Better Off
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Gross domestic product, or GDP, measures the value of goods and services produced in an economy. It has long been treated as the world’s scoreboard for progress.
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How the US-led War in the Region Affects Poverty
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The US-Israel war on Iran could increase poverty for millions across the MENA, as people grapple with double-digit price hikes, writes Jad Chaaban.
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Libya: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back in Politics
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In April 2026, with the help of the United States, Libya’s two parallel governments reached an agreement on a unified national budget for the first time since 2013.
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A Region Transforming Through Intelligent Infrastructure Practices
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The Middle East is undergoing a profound transformation—one that is redefining how cities are built, managed, and experienced. At the heart of this shift lies building automation . . .
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Geo-economic Positioning of Pakistan in MENA
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The World Bank has officially reclassified Pakistan from its South Asia regional grouping to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for financial and analytical reporting, with the change taking effect in the World Bank’s reporting for the 2026 fiscal year.
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The Drive to Build and the Imperative to Preserve: A Discussion
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Architecture transforms space, yet sustainability is an invitation to restraint: a fundamental challenge of contemporary construction opens up between these two principles.
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Mustafa Suleyman: AI Development Will Keep Advancing
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From the time I began work on AI in 2010 to now, the amount of training data that goes into frontier AI models has grown by a staggering 1 trillion times . . .
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