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quick profits were a mirage. Some players, meanwhile, are concerned that with the current unrest stretching from North African nations like Libya, Tunisia and Egypt to Bahrain in the Persian Gulf as well as Yemen and Syria, people will seek opportunities elsewhere. "Over the last three years or so, we

In addition, he teamed up with Prince Walid bin Talal of Saudi Arabia in 2006 to buy the Fairmont and Raffles hotel chains, including properties in Mecca, Dubai and Cairo. At Accor, a French hotel chain with locations in Bahrain, Egypt and Yemen, Mr. Barrack holds a 16.5 percent stake, as well as a se

arity of the government, much to the benefit of the radicals who hope to replace it. In many other places, from the West Bank and Gaza to Yemen and Tunisia, the protest movements are also more important for what they mean in local politics than about global policy. Radical movements and imams who work

prominent positions in some key Saudi ministries. A short list of third- generation princes who could be king includes Khalid al-Faisal, governor of Mecca and son of the respected late King Faisal; Muhammad bin Fand, governor of the oil-producing Eastern Province and son of the late King Fand; Khalid

d now covers a wide spectrum; and its sensible end has fast been evolving from a radical, violent strain into a modern, outward-looking variant. In Tunisia a party close to the Brothers won power and has started well. In Morocco a similar party has served in coalition, albeit under the king's writ. Eve

dered closest of his brothers to the country's religious conservatives, would be mourned with religious services Sunday in the Islamic holy city of Mecca, state media said. The ruling Saudi family, like the government overall, follows the austere Wahhabi branch of Islam. It typically buries its membe

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nd tax proceeds City Selected urban land area(sqm) White land value (SARbn) @ 2.5% (SARbn) Riyadh 1,300,000,000 494 12.4 Jeddah 1,686,000,000 481 12 Mecca 850,000,000 485 12.1 Medina 293,000,000 88 2.2 Dammam 200,000,000 48 1.2 Total 4,329,000,000 1,595 39.9 Source: SAMA, BofA Merrill Lynch estimates f

FINAL, 12/9/2014, SPi About the Editors xv NUR LAIQ Nur Laiq is the author of Talking to Arab Youth: Revolution and Counterrevolution in Egypt and Tunisia. Nur focuses on the transitions in the Middle East and North Africa, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and issues related to US foreign policy. She h

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