Sami Mahroum

What matters most to a metropolis is the strength of the social and economic fabric that made it vibrant in the first place

Technology can execute most plans but the eureka moment that reframes a problem still comes from human insight and inspiration

We are not seeing a rejection of the status quo, but rather a reconfiguration. How long it lasts remains to be seen

Policymakers need to recognise that the routes towards successful innovation are varied

Sami Mahroum considers local taxes, cooperatives and the impact the opening of a new museum had on a small industrial region in the European periphery

An obsession with European modernity has prevented Arabs from developing their own modern thought, writes Sami Mahroum

Technology is diminishing the significance of location. Regional hubs are becoming less important too, writes Sami Mahroum

Sami Mahroum writes on how the 'technologisation' of public services delivers clear advantages

Even business leaders can benefit from the arts as they expand our emotional intelligence

Government and private funding for technologies that help to advance human agency is the kind of stimulus that the world desperately needs today

Authorities desperate for their people to spend money aren't taking into account how the economy has changed

The politicisation of the country's public servants has brought with it nepotism, corruption, incompetence and indifference

A new socioeconomic phenomenon is emerging, one that we don't fully understand