Inside Story - Arab Stock Markets in Crisis - Oct 9 - Part 1

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As the global credit crunch deepens, investors in the Gulf and across the Arab world continued to panic, causing stock exchanges in Dubai , Riyadh, Doha, and Cairo to plunge amid falling oil prices and fears of a real estate bust in the Gulf.

Inside Story asks: How vulnerable are Arab financial markets and do they suffer from the same problems as western markets despite fundamental differences?