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Fahd al Rasheed

HARDtalk meets Fahd al Rasheed. King Abdullah Economic City is a vast construction project on the Red Sea, but could the kingdom's economic problems see this dream turn to dust?

Stephen Sackur speaks with Fahd al Rasheed, CEO of King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia. King Abdullah Economic City is a vast construction project on the Red Sea. It is supposed to become one of the world's biggest ports with a population of 2 million - a new global city for Saudi Arabia. But could the kingdom's economic problems see this dream turn to dust?

30 minutes

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Tue 27 Dec 201620:30GMT
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PresenterStephen Sackur
Interviewed GuestFahd al Rasheed

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