by Ehsan Bayat | Oct 17, 2018 | Architecture, Business, Commerce, Communication, Construction, Energy, Environment, Infrastructure, Middle East, Technology, Transportation
Despite being the second-largest oil producer in the world behind the United States, Saudi Arabia is working to reduce its economic reliance on the oil and gas sector. So while oil revenue increased by 2 percent in the first quarter of 2018 from the same period a year...
by Ehsan Bayat | Oct 10, 2018 | Architecture, Business, Construction, Energy, Environment, Infrastructure, Middle East, Technology, Transportation
Road congestion is a major issue in the Middle East, particularly in Dubai, where, according to a study by Inrix, motorists spent nearly 29 hours stuck in traffic in 2017. As a result, the demand for transport by other means, such as railway, has grown...
by Ehsan Bayat | Sep 19, 2018 | Architecture, Bahrain, Business, Infrastructure, Iran, Kuwait, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Technology, Telecommunication, UAE
As with the rest of the world, Middle East countries and their telecom operators are working toward large-scale deployment of 5G networks to improve connection and download speeds for all devices, as well as to allow for future integration in technology-driven smart...
by Ehsan Bayat | Sep 12, 2018 | Bahrain, Business, Commerce, Construction, Economy, Entertainment, Infrastructure, Middle East, Technology, Telecommunication, Transportation
Bahrain has high aspirations in regard to its tourism sector and is spending billions of dollars in tourism infrastructure to meet its goals. By 2020, the Middle East country anticipates the sector contributing more than $1 billion to its GDP. By that time, it will...
by Ehsan Bayat | Sep 5, 2018 | Architecture, Business, Commerce, Communication, Construction, Economy, Environment, Infrastructure, Kuwait, Middle East, Technology, Transportation
Home to more than 6 percent of the world’s crude oil reserves, Kuwait has built a relatively strong economy based upon oil production and distribution, with petroleum accounting for more than 90 percent of the nation’s export revenues. However, realizing the need to...
by Ehsan Bayat | Aug 29, 2018 | Africa, Architecture, Business, Construction, Dubai, Economy, Egypt, Energy, Environment, Infrastructure, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Technology, Transportation, Turkey
Worldwide temperatures in summer 2018 have highlighted the impact of climate change and stressed the urgency for global leaders and organizations to expedite and improve their carbon-reduction solutions. Sweden, for instance, is in the middle of its hottest-recorded...
