The Arab Spring has seen levels of corruption rise dramatically, even though anger with corrupt officials was a major reason for the uprisings, according to a…
In 2011, a strong majority of the world’s population lived in countries with high religious restrictions. When the Arab Spring erupted in parts of the Middle…
EGYPT Democracy in Egypt has been at best suspended or at worst abandoned as a result of last week’s decision to bring the presidency of Mohammed…
Morocco, long upheld as the stable, business-friendly exception to north Africa’s general economic stagnation and political tumult, has begun to rattle economists and its own elite…
It is time to invest in North Africa. Or that is the vibe emanating from Islamic finance circles. Speculative western investors generally fail in comparison to…
The El Abdi family sells doors. You don’t often see a door shop; even rarer is a shop selling doors such as these. Ornately decorated portals,…
I was going to leave this alone. I understand that the Islamic World is going through a transformation at least as powerful, and as profound, as…
OPEC deals in BRENT ( BNO , quote ) not WTI crude and this is the benchmark to watch if you think the Egypt situation is…