The Middle East is rife with the entrepreneurial spirit, but as a recent New York Times DealBook article makes clear, the region’s culture and politics present unique hurdles for small businesses of all industries. How does a new business owner make the right decisions in order to […]… (read more)

Teaching at a university in the heart of the Middle East gave me the chance to interact with a number of bright students and highly educated academics. With such a strong source of talent, I wondered why our top graduates chose work abroad rather than contributing to […]… (read more)