Creative Coworking in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
When it comes to workspace trends, coworking has quickly risen to the top over the last two years.
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Kuwait: Finding Balance in a Maximalist Gulf
Amid the dramatic changes sweeping the Gulf region, Kuwait’s incremental approach is being sorely tested.
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Kuwait’s MbS: The Reform Agenda of Nasser Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah
A new Gulf prince has emerged from within the royal court with big plans for his country.
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Kenaneya Farms: Connecting Community to the Source
Run by a young, second-generation farmer, Kenaneya Farm is located in Abdali, in northern Kuwait.
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Competing Megaprojects in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
During the March 25 Kuwait Investment Forum, Kuwaiti government officials reaffirmed the country’s commitment to develop the Silk City (Madinat al-Harir) megaproject and establish an integrated economic zone on five uninhabited Kuwaiti islands.
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Kuwait’s Government Unlikely to Ease Austerity Despite Opposition Pressure
Since the opening of the Kuwaiti Parliament’s current session on December 19, 2017 opposition members of parliament have moved aggressively to stymie the government’s austerity agenda.
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Kuwait Struggles for Unity at Home and in the Region
Kuwait’s relatively open politics and careful balancing of societal constituencies – Sunni and Shia, liberals and Islamists – look anomalous in today’s maximalist Gulf, and increasingly under threat.
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Ghaliah Tech: Running the Influencer Economy in the Gulf
Social media influencers pervade the Gulf. They grace billboards on Kuwait’s Gulf Road, stream on millions of people’s Snapchat and Instagram stories, and kickoff corporate events and social campaigns.
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Online Writing Platforms: Tackling Taboos
“If you don’t condemn homosexuality in traditional print outlets, you’re not going to get published.” This is one of the many reasons that led Shaikha Al-Bahaweed, a writer from Kuwait, to start writing for online writing platforms Manshoor and Raseef22.
The U.S. Prevented War, Yet Iran’s Strategic Decision-Making Process Remains Flawed
The crisis between Iran and Israel may be contained for now, but the breakdown in decision making that led to the end of Iran’s “strategic patience” carries risks going forward.
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