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• The view from the topInterviews | 16 August 2009

  Gulf Finance House founder and chairman Esam Janahi’s talks strategy, recovery and oil prices.

• How liquidity can solve the MENA water shortageComment | 7 November 2008

  The MENA region has quite a thirst but little to quench it. Geography dictates that water in the region is a scarce commodity; more so than in any other region of the world.

• The business hub of the Middle EastFeatures | 19 September 2008

  Bahrain Financial Harbour is one of the Middle East's most exciting property developments and a natural extension of the kingdom's heritage, the project has been designed to address every single need of the highly diverse international finance sector.

• Rocking the KasbahFeatures | 28 August 2008

  Tipped to be the biggest emerging international market Morocco has much to aspire to. Elspeth Hoare examines the country's current plans for growth, and what's to come.

• Bahrain callingFeatures | 25 April 2008

  Bahrain is fast becoming a regional financial powerhouse, attracting some of the biggest global names.

• The perfect locationFeatures | 25 April 2008

  Bahrain's property market is currently booming as a clutch of real estate projects reach fruition.

• Banking on oilInterviews | 9 April 2008

  Peter Panayiotou, of GFH, says its time to launch a bank aimed directly at the oil and gas business.

• Algeria next for Bahrain firmFeatures | 21 February 2008

  Gulf Finance House has plans for a US$3bn economic development zone near Algiers.

• At a glance...2007Features | 30 December 2007

  What a year it has been. Emerging economies continued their rapid growth; oil reached its all-time high at US$100 a barrel; parts of the Middle East experienced - and still experience - great turmoil politically and economically whereas other areas continued to shoot towards prosperity.

• Funding growthFeatures | 4 July 2007

  How real estate investment trusts can reap huge dividends for investors in the Middle East.

• Back chat: Esam JanahiFeatures | 31 December 2006

  The person many regard as being the driving force behind the growing success of Sharia-compliant financial services explains how the "replication effect" became a winning formula for Gulf Finance House.

• Best in businessFeatures | 17 December 2006

  Held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and attended by HH Sheikh Hamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan at a glittering event at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, the top achievers of the year were honoured at the Arabian Business Achievement Awards 2006.

• Endless spaceFeatures | 7 October 2006

  Does the region have too much air cargo capacity? Nowhere near enough if planned airport developments are anything to go by.

• $250 MillionFeatures | 29 November 2000

  That's how much money two Gulf-based investment funds want to invest in New Economy startups. Find out who these companies are, what they're looking for and what their investment goals are.