On Arab economic woes, Nada Barki finds that the Khalid bin Sultan's favortie columnist, Jihad Al-Khazin, is the best source on economic inequalities in the Arab world. ".“The living conditions of so many have become miserable,” said Jihad al-Khazen, a columnist with Al-Hayat, a pan-Arab newspaper. “It is the result of desperation, and a feeling among many in the Arab world that their own lives have lost their value.”"