The Economist of the Middle East

Mary Kamel Amin Kawar was born in Amman, Jordan. Her father is a geologist, Kamel Kawar, and her mother is Widad Kawar, from the Palestinian city of Tulkarm. In 1988, Mary Kawar received her Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and Economics from Tufts University in the United States of America, then she obtained a Master’s degree in “Social Policy and Planning …

The Algerian oil and gas agency Sonatrach, on Wednesday, discovered large quantities of crude oil, 151 million barrels in the southwestern state of Adrar. And the company had previously delayed, in May, an agreement with the Chinese Sinopec Petroleum and Chemical Company, and the production of a joint production of oil worth 490 million dollars. Algeria’s national energy company, Sonatrach, …

The decline in imports was accompanied by a boom in energy and commodity sales Russia’s current account surplus has more than tripled since the start of the year from last year, after hitting record levels since the invasion of Ukraine, as lower imports coupled with booming revenues from energy and commodity sales abroad. The current account surplus, the broadest measure …