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Khalaf, former United Nations assistant secretary-general and director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States at the U.N. Development Program, is also former deputy prime minister of Jordan...
Khalaf described increasing unemployment and poverty as a widespread problem confronting Arabs. Despite the booming economies of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, Khalaf said, most Arab countries have actually seen an increase in unemployment statistics over the last decade...
...lecture also addressed human rights and human freedoms in Arab states, focusing on women’s rights in the region...
During the question-and-answer session after the lecture, Khalaf offered some hopeful comments about the future of human development in the Arab world...
Levey says he has flown to Dubai about 12 times over the past two years, attempting to persuade officials of the United Arab Emirates (of which Dubai forms part) to crack down. "The UAE is really grappling with the issue," he says. "The Emirates are aware of the reputational risks with dealing with Iran, and they take those risks seriously...