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Ban Ki Moon

Mark Turner, the FT’s UN correspondent, is accompanying UN secretary -general Ban Ki-Moon on his tour of the Middle East. Follow his exclusive photo journal all week on FT.com

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Egypt ‘not under US pressure’ over political freedom

Egypt’s prime minister said he had been reassured that US financial aid would not be affected by the latest spat over political freedom, insisting that Cairo and Washington ‘see eye to eye’ on the importance of their relationship.

Egypt billionnaire aims to build satellite TV empire

Naguib Sawiris, Egypt’s billionaire businessman, hopes to become a new independent satellite television mogul in the Middle East, replicating his regional success in telecommunications.

‘Adolescent’ Dubai shifts development focus inland

Dubai is shifting the focus of its development strategy inland as its coastline becomes saturated and city developers seek new ways to expand tourism.

Egypt urges greater Arab integration

Rachid Mohamed Rachid, Egypt’s trade minister, said the time was ripe for Arab countries to accelerate economic integration as their companies outgrew domestic markets.

Equity funds tempt Arab world

Private equity funds are beginning to make waves in the Arab world as investors seek to expand limited opportunities to invest the huge sums of capital pouring into the Gulf.

Dubai: is the party over for now ?

Dubai’s development has accelerated as developers trip over each to announce ever more extravagant projects. But residents are asking themselves where all this is taking the city and will the market crash when the new developments start coming on stream?

Market Insight: Gulf investors search for the truth behind regional slump

One of the steepest falls in emerging market history has given millions of Gulf investors painful, first-hand experience of the old market adage about what goes up, must come down, and leaving them still struggling to make sense of it.