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Will you free my Palestine?
Akhbaar Team
February 15, 2024
News Bites
Palestinians told to evacuate to safety in Al Rafah found themselves under fire in a “safe zone” - 67 Palestinians (women and children mostly) were killed in the efforts of the IDF to release 2 hostages 🤔
Pakistan’s PTI party won the most seats during elections last week…except leader Imran Khan can’t step up to bat for the PM position since he’s got a 14-year sentence in prison. Bilawal Bhutto or previously exiled PM Nawaz Sharif could take the spot… (FYI: No Pakistani PM has ever served a full term - there’s either been a coup, or they’ve been assassinated 😟)
Team Ivory Coast took home the AFCON Cup on Sunday (woohooo! P.S. A little something called the Super Bowl/Taylor Swift fan cam was playing on the same day, but hey— give it up for our Ivory Coast brothers!!)✌🏿
Economy
Egypt clocked the changing Middle Eastern winds and urged developing countries’ governments to adopt more human and green-oriented policies at the World Government Summit. PLUS, there’s a ton of potential investments/collabs with the private sector that countries should be tapping into 💸
Looking to be a good kid and get more degrees? Be careful because the Chief of the IMF says at a world summit in Dubai that 40% of the world's jobs stand on the precipice of disruption
What are the Gulf countries doing with their billions? In 2023, over 80 billion dollars was spent on acquiring companies. Most of y’all were napping last year!
Real Estate
Real Estate prices are wilding in some places, but some people think the Middle East is generally undervalued. Nick Candy a British Tycoon seems to think that there’s some sweet buying opportunities!
Looking to invest in Dubai Real Estate? There may be some pointers to keep in mind!
What are rich Arabs up to? In particular, rich Gulf Arabs? Looks like many of them are investing in Egyptian real estate. Here’s the scoop
Arts and Culture
Saudi has declared 2024 is the “Year of the Camel” - so it makes sense there’s a docu-series on Netflix that’s coming out to celebrate that! Camel Quest will follow 2 childhood friends as they quit their hospitality/startup gigs so they can get to the Crown Prince Camel Festival 🐪🐪
Ramy Youssef filmed a NEW comedy special last week, and it’s gonna be released in March on HBO 🤩
The SADI Art Exhibition opened its doors this week in Kuwait! The theme is “Materiality of the Desert” and artists are paying homage to traditional weaving methods from the pre-oil times in the Arab world P.s. The exhibition goes on for 3 months!
Technology
The UAE has announced a whopping $500m investment in all things AI! The cutting-edge tech developed will also shared with developing countries (it’s giving equality ☮️) - PLUS, there’s an extra focus on using all the fancy new gadgets for sustainability/the environment too 🍃
In more election dramaaa…Iran suffered a cyber attack just 3 weeks before people hit the polls on March 1st. The parliament’s and a leading news agency’s websites were hacked 👨🏾💻 and info leaked (which has been done before too - yikes)
✨ akhbaar Spotlight ✨
Mishka Stories
Women in the Middle East don’t work/have freedom/have financial independence 🫰🏾
Enter: Mishka Stories, started by a group of Arab women who wanted more female voices to be in the film/TV/creative space 📺
They started from Abu Dubai with an all-female writers’ room, and now they are here! Check out more of what they do and how they’re trying to change the film/TV landscape in the Middle East ✨