Non-English speakers are shut out of the top jobs

Speaking at a conference in Dubai last week, I was struck by the ubiquity, confidence and fluency of non-native English speakers. Emiratis talked in English to Indians, Kazakhs to Egyptians. I have written about the misunderstandings between native and non-native English speakers — and the non-

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