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The Gulf Report brings you the latest and the most crucial developments in tech and business from this powerhouse region.
Published fortnightly
About the Author
Harveen Ahluwalia
Harveen Ahluwalia
Harveen is a co-founder at The Morning Context, and leads our coverage in the Middle East. She has previously worked as a media, consumer and tech writer at The Ken and Mint. At The Morning Context, she writes on tech, venture capital, consumer and media businesses across India and Gulf—from e-commerce to healthtech to streaming.
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Business
Dubai’s red-hot property market may be cooling
The latest quarterly report on the emirate’s real estate market, a new listing in Saudi Arabia and an Airtel arm eyes a UAE IPO.
Recent Editions
Dubai Airshow turns into a heavyweight bout
Highlights from the emirate’s flagship aviation show, Saudi fund’s exits from American stocks and easier personal loans in the UAE.
19 Nov 2025
Keeta makes an appearance in Talabat’s earnings call
The local food delivery company delivers a good quarter, latest rankings show global hotspots for millionaires and other news updates from the week.
12 Nov 2025
In India’s Lenskart IPO, a success for ADIA
The sovereign wealth fund’s big bet on the Indian eyewear company, Microsoft’s AI win in the Emirates and other updates from the week.
05 Nov 2025
It’s HUMAIN all the way at the desert Davos
Highlights from Saudi Arabia’s flagship FII conference, Tabby’s new valuation and UAE government bonds, among other updates.
30 Oct 2025
Older Editions
From India and Pakistan, two new banks for the Emirates
The acquisition of RBL and First Women Bank, Amazon Now in the Emirates and other updates from the week.
22 Oct 2025
B.R. Shetty gets called out in Dubai for lying under oath
A Dubai court’s verdict against the disgraced NMC founder, XPANCEO’s new, expanded laboratory and other headlines from the week.
15 Oct 2025
Blackstone and Lunate chart a new logistics play in the Gulf
A $5 billion logistics platform in the Emirates, a group of Indian fraudsters caught in a conference con and Saudi Arabia’s troubles.
08 Oct 2025
Keeta lands in the Emirates with a bang
An impending shake-up of food delivery, HDFC Bank’s foreign troubles and Saudi Arabia’s rent freeze.
01 Oct 2025
The Emirates sets its sights on new global talent
The fallout of America’s H-1B visa fee hike, Dubai’s real estate IPO and Nvidia’s new robotics lab, among other updates.
24 Sept 2025