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Alain Bejjani, CEO of the Majid Al Futtaim Group, talks to The Associated Press at the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 15, 2021. The Middle East's largest operator of malls, Majid Al Futtaim, expects revenue and earnings to climb back to pre-pandemic levels by the end of next year and is moving full steam ahead with plans to develop its biggest mall ever. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Mideast’s largest mall operator to expand amid vaccine hopes

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

In this Sunday, April 19, 2020 photo, Majid Al Futtaim CEO Alain Bejjani, right, and store manager Arnaud Bouf, wear masks amid the coronavirus pandemic and walk through the world's busiest Carrefour supermarket in Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. One of the biggest private employers in the Middle East hasn't yet cut salaries or laid off any of its 44,000 workers, but the pandemic is changing how Majid Al Futtaim, the company that owns and operates hundreds of grocery stores and more than two dozen malls, thinks about food security, retail and tourism. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

No pay cuts, layoffs but Mideast firm rethinks food security

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press