Mehmet Kamis - Even though the Arab countries have both strategic a

Even though the Arab countries have both strategic and invaluable subterranean riches, most of them are poor.

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Mehmet Kamis, Turkish Political Economist, Column, “What will the EU Teach us?,” December 15, 2004

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