They have failed to make their people rich: despite their oil, the UN reports that about two out of five people in the Arab world live on $2 or less a day.

• 他们没能给民众带来富有：尽管他们有丰富的石油资源，然而联合国的报告显示有五分之二的阿拉伯人每天的生活费低于2美元。