Tell me kif?

"The Middle-East and North Africa (MENA) region "is poised to reclaim the great leadership it showed 1,000 years ago when it was at the cutting edge of civilization", according to businesspersons and government officials. The logic behind this 'vision for the future' -- presented by a leading U.S. manager, David M. Rubenstein, and echoed by participants from 62 countries in the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the MENA region – is that it is blessed with shared twin endowments: its people and its natural resources."

When I read this I thought: what have they been smoking? I then I realized the forum was held in Morocco.