Wadha Al Rashid recently opened her second branch of Draft cafe in Riyadh. PHOTOGRAPHER: ABDULRAHMAN ABDULLAH/BLOOMBERG

Just off the busy boulevard that runs through central Riyadh, an Italian restaurant called Forchetta lay empty and dusty for months. Less than a year after it opened, the branch succumbed to Saudi Arabia’s economic slump as disposable income fell and unemployment climbed to the highest level in more than a decade. Read more by clicking here: Bloomberg