'Don't conk out now, especially in front of the foreigners.' This is the region's economic situation confronting the Sharm El-Sheikh World Economic Forum. In the Egyptian opposition daily Al-Wafd by Amr Okasha

The Lebanese dialogue is heading in all directions. By Alaa Al-Luqta in the Saudi daily Al-Madinah

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