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CFI.co Meets the CEO of Amaar Group: Munif Treish
Engineer Munif Treish of Ramallah, Palestine, assumed his current position as chief executive officer of Amaar Group in October 2012. Since then his challenge within the organization has been to guide the expansion and coordination of the Amaar Group’s diverse
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CFI.co Meets the CEO of Dar Al Tamleek: Yasser Abu Ateek
Dar Al Tamleek CEO Yasser Abu Ateek has been with the company since its formation in 2008. Under his expert governance, the company has grown and prospered to become the largest residential home financier in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Sudan Cabinet Shake-Up Boosts Conciliation Efforts
Former US special envoy to Sudan Princeton Lyman has made yet another appeal for the resumption of the political dialogue in the country with a view to establishing a lasting peace. Earlier this month, Mr Lyman called on rebel forces
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World Bank Reports on Affordable Housing in Egypt
Hamada Mohamed, a taxi driver, is married with a 3 -year-old boy, and expecting a new baby in the coming months. Like 75 percent of young families he has not been able to afford a house and has had to
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Grant Thornton: Islamic Finance – What’s In It For Me?
Grant Thornton United Arab Emirates (UAE) Audit Partner, Khurram Bhatti talks about the key aspects related to Islamic Finance. There is much to both venerate and praise about Islamic Finance. Its stated philosophy and principles are probably as close to
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Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel: Saudi Princess at Forefront of Women´s Lib – “We Want Change”
It is quite difficult to introduce Ameerah Al-Taweel without mentioning the fact that she is the wife of Saudi Prince Walid Ibn Talal – founder of Kingdom Holding, billionaire some twenty times over, and one of the most successful and
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Dame Zaha Mohammed Hadid: Never an Understatement – Design Rooted in Nature
The work of Dame Zaha Mohammed Hadid, one of today’s most accomplished and celebrated architects, has always been ambitious. To her many admirers she is the Queen of the Curve – a big-picture visual thinker with an impressive record of
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Bentley Motors: Keeping Assembly at Home
The Bentley SUV Bentley Motors recently confirmed that it will proceed with the development of the Bentley SUV, the company’s fourth model line. The SUV will be made in Crewe and will go on sale in 2016. It will create
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Maha Al-Ghunaim: Enterprising Ladies – Investing in Future Entrepreneurs
Maha Al-Ghunaim is chairperson and managing director of Global Investment House (GIH) – one of the largest such operations in the Gulf Region. She co-founded GIH in 1998 and just ten years later saw her business become the very first
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Why an Expo 2020 Win Will Not Determine the Strength of Dubai’s Property Market
By Mat Green, Head of Research & Consultancy UAE, CBRE Middle East Property markets around the world have proven to be acutely sensitive to changes in market sentiment. There should be little surprise then that Dubai’s ongoing bid to host
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