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Saudi women attend the Gitex 2018 exhibition at the Dubai World Trade Center in Dubai on Oct. 16, 2018. Gitex (Gulf Information Technology Exhibition) is a consumer computer and electronics trade show. — Saudi women attend the Gitex 2018 exhibition at the Dubai World Trade Center in Dubai on Oct. 16, 2018. Gitex (Gulf Information Technology Exhibition) is a consumer computer and electronics trade show. — KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Cairo, EGYPT: An Egyptian trader works on her computer in the Cairo Stock Exchange 15 March 2006. The three-year boom in Arab stocks appears to be ending as stocks in Dubai, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, considered among the world's best performers since 2003, are sliding amid concerns that prices have outpaced the outlook for earnings grow. Egypt's index has lost 22 percent from its 01 Febuary 2006 peak. AFP PHOTO/KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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