FROM Egypt, Rizal Adha is searching for tires in Indonesia. "I want to order as many as possible if the price is right," he said in an electronic forum on the Wikimapia website.

While Rizal only relies on the Internet, a large company from Qatar sent its President Director directly to Indonesia. After attending a presentation by Alwi Shihab at a gathering of the Arab Asian Financial Forum at the Mulia Hotel at the beginning of this month, he met wit