Crumbling Coalitions in the region Jeddah’s building boom gCC and the euro tunisia’s Jews libya’s eConomiC rehab west bank land-grabs saudi Cinema

An IC PublICAtIon 34th yeAr The besTselling english language pan-arab magazine

June 2008 issue 390

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euro Zone €4.00 uk £2.70 usa $4.95 algeria Da210 • australia a$7.50 bahrain bD1.500 • Canada $5.50 • CFa zone CFa2000 • Cyprus C£2.25 • Denmark DKr33 • egypt e£13 • ethiopia br20 • gambia Da50 • ghana gh¢ 2.00 • indonesia r 29,700 • iran ir35,000 • Japan Y700 Jordan JD2.500 • Kenya Kshs220 • Kuwait KD1.200 • lebanon ll 5.000 • liberia us $3 • malaysia rm14.90 mauritius mr 150 • morocco Dh 20 • nigeria n 250 • norway nOK 59 • Oman Or 1.500 • Qatar Qr15 • saudi arabia rls15 • sierra leone le 5,000 • singapore s$6.90 • south africa r 19.95 (inc tax) • Other southern african Countries r 17.50 (exl. tax) sweden sKr 33 • switzerland sFr 7.50 • Tanzania Tshs 3700 Tunisia TD 2.500 • Turkey 3.00YTl • uae Dh 15 • uganda ush 6,000 • zambia K12,500