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Analysis

Samuel Wendel

Samuel Wendel

Apr 1, 2024

A man monitors the board at Tadawul, the Saudi stock exchange, Riyadh, Dec. 12, 2019. — A man monitors the board at Tadawul, the Saudi stock exchange, Riyadh, Dec. 12, 2019. — FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images

An aerial view shows the Central Business District (Ruwi) in the Omani capital Muscat on April 9, 2021.

Analysis

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Saudi and foreign journalists are pictured at the Future Investment Initiative forum at the King Abdulaziz Conference Center in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Oct. 29, 2019.

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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.

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