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By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 10th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Money, Saudi Arabia, The LifeMost families in Saudi are spending much more than they earn, accumulating huge debts as a result.
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Most families in Saudi are spending much more than they earn, accumulating huge debts as a result.
Young and in debt
By Aarti Nagraj • Mar 7th, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Finance, Regional, The LifeMore than a quarter of Arab youths owe money, mostly in the form of credit cards and personal loans. But how did they borrow so easily?
Saudi’s idle citizens
By Aarti Nagraj • Jan 21st, 2010 • Category: Cover Story, Labor, Saudi Arabia, The WorkThe Kingdom is aggressively trying to promote education in a bid to limit rising levels of unemployment.
Not your average brain drain
By Tania Tabar • Dec 8th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Labor, Regional, Special report, featureThe Arab World continues to suffer from staggering unemployment rates. Are regional governments doing enough to curb the region’s brain drain?
Tune in to a new beat
By Kipp • Jun 2nd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Media, Nation, The WorkAbu Dhabi Media Company is launching a new radio station, Star FM, which it hopes will be able to reach out to the Arabs youth.
According to a report published in the UAE, young Emirati women are more likely to enrol in university, and be employed than men. Is this true of youth worldwide?
By Aarti Nagraj • May 10th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, International, Nation, The People, trendsThe results are in.
Please watch me
By Kipp • Aug 27th, 2008 • Category: Kipp's BlogWhy is MTV Arabia stopping music videos, the USP of the channel, during Ramadan?
Convergence: lots of heat, not much light
By Kipp • Aug 13th, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, The Work, trendsThe Convergence Conference promised a glimpse of media’s future. But with no understanding of the region’s youth, it was less of a glimpse than a guess.
