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( Editor's Note: Al Bawaba FYI is a new series , where we give you the fast-take on the news of the moment. Enjoy!) By now, you know the story. Early on January 23, 90-year-old King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia passed away in Riyadh after a brief battle with pneumonia, closing a decade-long rule in the KSA. Ushered into his place on the throne is his half-brother, Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud. No spring chicken himself, the 79-year-old is rumored to be suffering from dementia. Such an appointment is no stranger ...

How much rent do you pay for your humble abode here in the Middle East? Think it’s too pricey? Wondering what you could get for the same amount of money elsewhere in the region? For a long time chat about rent in the region has been equivalent to weather chat in the West – a good conversation opener and a daily necessity! But talk of rent is hotter now than it’s ever been. How much one pays often defines how bearable the cost of living in Arab countries is for ...