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Middle East Business Report
New titles used as of January 2013
Created by BBC World News
Presented by Nima Abu-Wardeh
Country of origin United Arab Emirates
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production location Dubai (primarily) with shots from other locations
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network BBC World News
BBC News
Release2003 (2003) –
2015 (2015)
Related
World Business Report
India Business Report
Asia Business Report
Africa Business Report
Business Edition

Middle East Business Report is a monthly half-hour programme broadcast globally on BBC World News; covering business stories across the Middle East.

Presented by Nima Abu-Wardeh the programme was billed as

"Getting behind the issues of trade, business and economics, providing a window on finance and commerce in the Middle East, revealing how this important economic region works and interacts with the rest of the world." [1]

Middle East Business Report was shown on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The final broadcast of the programme was 28 March 2015. [2]

Presenters

Presenter Current role
Nima Abu-Wardeh Presenter
Desley Humphrey Relief Presenter
Howard Johnson
Ben Thompson

See also

Marketplace Middle East; similar programme produced by CNN International

References

  1. ^ BBC World News - Middle East Business Report
  2. ^ Ben Thompson [@BBCBenThompson] (27 March 2015). "BBC Mid East Biz Report ends after 11yrs. For those who ever worked on it; stress, sweat & tedious bureaucracy but fun times & great travels" ( Tweet) – via Twitter.