You know, in Saudi Arabia, there is a body of 40 people – 34 people exactly, that once the succession comes, they will meet and they will elect a king in there.
AL-WALEED BIN TALALThere are pockets of extremism in Israel,
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One of my biggest personal holdings is Rotana. That company has a very dominant force in the Middle East.
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My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international.
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Some countries, like Saudi Arabia, where the population growth is very high, whereby you don’t have the mortgage low yet. Still the demand outstrips supply by much.
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In the U.S. and in the Muslim world. But we have to fight them with reason, with logic and with compassion.
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But more important since 1967 when the war was, ended in the defeat of some Arab countries.
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Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical.
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Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward.
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There are pockets of extremism in Israel,
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Riyadh – It’s like a city within a city.
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So, if you look at what’s common among some of the companies I have, including the Four Seasons, NewsCorp, George V, the Plaza, these are all irreplaceable brands in their own fields.
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Our Palestinian brethren continue to be slaughtered at the hands of Israelis while the world turns the other cheek.
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You cannot play with fire.
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In Riyadh, there’s going to be a huge project that will house at least 12,000 units with inhabitants of approximately 150,000 people.
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Well, clearly Apple is a role model of the American innovation whereby it produced all these products – iPod, iPhone, iPad – that are really now dominating all the technology arena in the world.
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I would love to be a corporate leader.
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