World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa

21–23 May 2015 Dead Sea, Jordan

Board Member, Gulf Bank

Omar K. Alghanim

Chairperson, Sharjah Investment and Development Authority - Shurooq

Bodour Al Qasimi

United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education; World Health Organization Ambassador for Global Health Financing, The Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown

Chair of the Board of Trustees, ODI

Sumantra Chakrabarti

Chairman, GE Power

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What you need to know about the Middle East in 21 charts

Peter Vanham 21 May 2015

Can commerce and cooperation kill conflict in the Middle East?

Adeel Malik 21 May 2015

The 3 types of city shaping the Middle East

Ghassan Hasbani 21 May 2015

How can the Middle East close its education gap?

Maysa Jalbout 21 May 2015

Is a failure of governance the root of the Middle East’s woes?

Mina Al-Oraibi 21 May 2015

How to encourage more women into MENA’s workforce

Ron Bruder 21 May 2015

Can entrepreneurship end youth unemployment?

Nabil Habayeb 22 May 2015

Why corporate culture matters

Lana Ghanem 22 May 2015

Lessons on democracy from Tunisia after the Arab Spring

Hauke Hartmann 22 May 2015