Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Quotes

Throughout all the years and in everything we do, we have focused most of all on the development of human capacity, beginning with our own professional staff, and leveraging their expertise to enrich the Arab community. We have embraced the concept of the ‘knowledge worker’ and have sought to empower our people and the Arab world’s people to dream, to imagine, and to create.

The goal of providing basic literacy and education to all the world’s people is still the most basic development challenge.

Internet literacy must become universal within the Arab world.

Intellectual capital is the main determining factor and the base for economic and social development to any country.

Creating a system to protect industrial and intellectual property is a prerequisite for the transfer of technology and consequently the resurgence of national technologies.

An efficient telecommunications network is the foundation upon which an information society is built.

You will not be able to enjoy a good night's sleep unless you've worked hard during the day

E-Business will become the virtual market place in 20 years.

In this century, technology will concentrate on the brain, whose heavenly potential, is yet to be realized.

Technology is not simply additive; it is more often exponential. An invention usually triggers other inventions.

The information revolution will lead us through a knowledge revolution to the wisdom revolution.

The foremost challenge is that of the knowledge revolution. Economic power will depend on creativity and innovation. Creation of wealth will move from traditional resources to the one asset: knowledge.

Despite the immense challenges that we have faced and continue to face, we refuse to indulge in negativity or pessimism. We are an organization that believes in empowering people to be their best.

Making the future and the road to the future wealth lies in the youth of the present and future, and rebuilding the nation’s institutions based on knowledgeable scientific foundations that require promising human capacities derived from college graduates. Universities are the makers of men, we are proud of their role and of the efforts of their administrators.

The increasing speed of technological advancement and economic integration in recent years has highlighted the importance of intellectual property and put great stress on the ability of established national and international systems that administer IP rights to effectively serve the global community.