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Growing Green Ethic Amongst Emirati Businesses

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Can UAE Foreign Minister and South African President Jacob Zuma Save The Environment?

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Beating the Nationalist Drum and Israel’s Oil Interests

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Arab High-Tech Entrepreneurs Changing the Face of Nazareth

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Germany’s Solar Millennium AG Pulls out of Israel Bid

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Egyptian Gas Exporter Given Israeli Tax Exemption in $6 Billion Deal

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Art from Oman at the Venice Biennale

Oman is returning to the Venice Biennale with Zīnah, an immersive installation by artist and curator Haitham Al Busafi that transforms a traditional form of horse adornment into a large-scale sensory experience.

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