This is most true in high-tech industries, the sector in which the Middle East lags the most. The author of the Forbes article describes a scene in Ramallah that is “indistinguishable from one in Austin or San Francisco,” where “twentysomething Palestinians sip cocktails, their laptops open, their smartphones on.”
中东地区最滞后的高科技产业尤其如此。《福布斯》文章作者形容很难将拉马拉与奥斯汀或旧金山的情景分开 ，“二十几岁的巴勒斯坦人在拉马拉边啜饮鸡尾酒，边使用智能手机和笔记本电脑。”