Uprisings put spring in entrepreneur’s step - FT.com

Images of dead bodies lying in the streets of Syrian towns and men in pick-up trucks firing anti-aircraft guns across the wastes of Libya’s deserts might be expected to damp the enthusiasm of even the most determined optimist.

However, on the other side of the Arab world, one Dubai-based entrepreneur discerns opportunity and hope in the unrest that is gripping the region.

“We are contrarians in a lot of ways. For us there is great opportunity in the fact that social media is increasingly being used by our youth,” says Rabea Ataya, chairman and chief executive of Bayt.com, a job-hunting website."

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