Issue 457 September 2014

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News and Views

4 The view

6 Comment

8 Compass

Current Affairs 10 A GCC Arms El Dorado

16 Can Abadi save Iraq?

18 Cairo scores while Gaza counts the cost

22 Turkey: New foreign policy twists

24 Jordan and the Islamist peril

Business 30 Regional stability remains key to FDI success

36 The World Economic

Forum in Istanbul

38 Interview with the CEO

of Dubai’s Noor Bank

40 Special Report

Islamic Finance

Travelog 46 The lucrative business of “Wellness”

Mosaic 48 A long gone era through long gone eyes

52 One hope at a time...

54 Film: Omar

56 Books

58 Letter from Cairo