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Halal Humor

By Ian Munroe • Nov 2nd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, International, Media

Three years after finding unlikely success in Canada, the Western world’s first Muslim sitcom has gone mainstream at home and flourished abroad, reports Trends magazine.

Cause and effect, Part II

By Ian Munroe • Aug 31st, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Economy, International, Interview

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman tells Ian Munroe about the origins of the financial crisis, and how its fallout will change the global economy. Part II.

Cause and effect, Part I

By Ian Munroe • Aug 26th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Economy, International, Interview

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman tells Ian Munroe about the origins of the financial crisis, and how its fallout will change the global economy, Part I.

Pirates at sea

By Ian Munroe • Jul 28th, 2009 • Category: Africa, Cover Story, Crime, Regional

Somali pirates have more than doubled their efforts in 2009, costing corporations worldwide millions of dollars in damages, while injecting capital in Somalia's poorest communities.

Will the GCC embrace Yemen? Part II

By Ian Munroe • Jul 20th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Economy, Yemen, politics

Yemen's political and home security issues have isolated the nation in the past; but GCC nations are beginning to invite Yemen into their political fold. Part II

Will the GCC embrace Yemen? Part I

By Ian Munroe • Jul 16th, 2009 • Category: Article, Cover Story, Regional, Yemen, politics

Yemen's political and home security issues have isolated the nation in the past; but GCC nations are beginning to invite Yemen into their political fold. Part I

Calling all nerds, Part II

By Ian Munroe • Jun 10th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, Technology, The Work

With few signs of homegrown Silicon Valleys on the horizon, Gulf states are spending billions more to attract high-tech knowhow, Part II.

Calling all nerds, Part I

By Ian Munroe • Jun 9th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Regional, Technology, The Work

With few signs of homegrown Silicon Valleys on the horizon, Gulf states are spending billions more to attract high-tech knowhow, Part I.

Destination Africa, Part II

By Ian Munroe • Apr 30th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, International, Regional, The Work, investments

One benefit of the global recession is that it may encourage GCC multinationals to become major investors south of the Sahara, Part II.

Destination Africa, Part I

By Ian Munroe • Apr 29th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, International, Regional, The Work, investments

One benefit of the global recession is that it may encourage GCC multinationals to become major investors south of the Sahara, Part I.

Idle hands, Part II

By Ian Munroe • Feb 18th, 2009 • Category: Article, Cover Story, Dubai, Labor, The Work

For the UAE’s most populous emirate, avoiding recession may mean preventing an exodus of human as well as financial capital, Part II.

Idle hands, Part I

By Ian Munroe • Feb 17th, 2009 • Category: Article, Cover Story, Dubai, Labor, The Work

For Dubai, avoiding recession may mean preventing an exodus of human as well as financial capital, Part I.

Passport to purchase, Part II

By Ian Munroe • Jan 26th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Cover Story, Dubai, The Work

Even as the financial crisis takes its toll, it looks like the Gulf states maybe looking to reclaim their place at the center of world trade, Part II.