Bankers yearn for stability after the Arab Spring

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FINANCIERS IN THE Middle East often appear extraordinarily sanguine about the political and economic cataclysms their region is experiencing. “I’ve never felt more invigorated by the opportunities in the region than I do today,” says Arif Naqvi, chief executive of Abraaj Capital, a Dubai-based private equity firm with about $6 billion in assets under management.