Conflict aside, the Middle East is anticipating a period of economic growth. Here are some of the trends shaping the future of the MENA economies.  Last year was a sadly eventful one for the Arab world. The wars in Gaza and Lebanon sent shockwaves across the region: disrupting key trade routes, derailing normalization talks between Israel and Saudi Arabia, accelerating Egypt’s economic bailout, and precipitating the fall of the Assad regime in Syria. Further west, conflicts in Sudan and the