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Rebuilding Dubai via Entrepreneurship.

By ⋅ May 24, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

Dubai, at the vanguard of globalization and home to a monumental property bubble (relative to its tiny economy), has not taken the Great Deleveraging well.
Looking strategically beyond the bubble fall-out lies a huge opportunity for a sustainable Dubai recovery: Entrepreneurship.

Luxury Retail Gulf.

By ⋅ April 13, 2009 ⋅ One comment

The Gulf luxury retail market is set for a painful slowdown after years of impressive growth but it remains one of the industry’s few relatively bright spots.

Capturing Culture in Dubai.

By ⋅ April 11, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Cool! I have a short quote in Kaelen Wilson-Goldie’s recent review of the massive Sharjah / Dubai art week that recently wrapped in The National.

Dubai’s Disappearing Dream Jobs [FT].

By ⋅ December 3, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Simeon Kerr in the FT reports on the rapidly changing job prospects in Dubai (summary: it’s a buyer’s market). Real estate and finance are generally out although senior replacement positions are still being actively filled. The rest of the region led by Doha and Abu Dhabi and followed by Saudi and Kuwait are faring better.

Middle East Museums.

By ⋅ October 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I have put together a short presentation showcasing some of the upcoming museum projects in the Middle East for my art fund project and I am keeping a collection of relevant delicious links too. Pretty exciting!

ouds and grass-roots in abu dhabi.

By ⋅ May 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Sana Munasifi touches on a great point in her recent review of the Fifth Annual Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Festival. She highlights the recently opened Abu Dhabi branch of the Arabian Oud House as an example of the type of grass-roots, ground-up, regionally relevant and contextual initiative (= investment) that may ultimately produce results [...]

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