Category: Culture

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    Beyond Quotas: Building a Sustainable Leadership Pipeline for Women in the Gulf

    Global indicators show that women in the Arab States of the Gulf have made significant advances in education and public sector leadership through legal reforms, quotas, and professional development initiatives. But they remain underrepresented on corporate boards with a recent 2025 report showing women hold only about one in every 15 board seats across the […]
    Christine Akello/
    August 6, 2026
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    Saudi Arabia & the New Politics of the Global Games Industry

    In September 2025, a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced a 55 billion US dollar deal to acquire Electronic Arts (EA), the largest leveraged buyout on record. The consortium agreed to pay 210 dollars a share, roughly 25 percent above the 168 dollars where EA traded before news of the talks […]
    Anas Iqtait/
    December 4, 2025