Qatar
October 3, 2012
Employees across Qatar are expected to enjoy annual pay rises averaging 5.1 per cent next year, according to a research group.
September 26, 2012
Abu Dhabi announces their line-up with a guest appearance by Richard Gere.
September 25, 2012
Qatar called on Arab countries to intervene militarily in Syria because the UN Security Council is incapable of formulating a common position on the settlement of the Syrian crisis.
September 23, 2012
Egypt and Qatar are set to sign a gas-importing contracting that would see 400-500 million cubic feet of liquefied gas imported, in an effort to deal with current levels of disruption.
September 18, 2012
Contracts have been awarded for the Doha metro, an ambitious scheme to produce a 212 km metro network in the capital city
Qatar Airways, the Gulf state's rapidly growing flag carrier, made a small loss in the last financial year which ended in March because of high oil prices.
September 6, 2012
Middle Eastern governments exploit their press to plug their own sectarian agenda on and off-screen.
August 30, 2012
Some of the behind-the-scenes controversy and drama from'Omar', MBC's biggest drama production ever in the history of theArabic television.
August 28, 2012
Sahl Hasheesh, a popular Egyptian tourist destination, will host first round of the Hurghada Asian Film Festival with the participation of 35 countries in October.
August 26, 2012
Among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies, Saudi Arabia can be seen as the most aggressive with respect to investments in the power sector, according to a study by Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz).
August 23, 2012
Kuwait’s Wataniya rose to a two-month high yesterday after Qatar Telecom offered to buy remaining stake in the telco for $2.2 billion, while Gulf markets were mixed in muted trade post the holy month of Ramadan.
August 21, 2012
Since Egypt's January 2011 uprising, the country has suffered from heavy falls in foreign direct investment (FDI), international foreign reserves (IFR) and tourism revenues.
August 16, 2012
The Middle East region presents varying challenges to these Ramadan victims, who are either not required to partake or who chose to opt out of their religious obligations. Here is Al Bawaba's cross-section of the Arab world's various approaches toward Ramadan - from the strictest to the more lenient and free-fasting.
August 14, 2012
Muslim leaders unite for a 'palace' summit in Saudi Arabia where they will attempt to tackle the tall order of the Middle East's issues this season. They will attempt to reunite the Muslim Ummah and to consolidate cohesiveness among Islamic countries.
August 13, 2012
Our panel of Arab and Middle East Olympic medal achievements from London 2012. See which Arab athlete defied the odds, broke records or fell short in his game.