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The Gulf is getting its own version of the Schengen
A tourist visa initiative, long in the making, is set for a year-end rollout. This could foster new levels of regional cooperation across the GCC.
24 Sept 2025
What's behind the sudden influx of Chinese firms into the Middle East?
A mix of favourable policies and high-rolling consumers in the Middle East is drawing a wide array of companies to set up shop in the region
17 Sept 2025
Inside Ferns N Petals’s transformation to succeed in the Middle East
The three-decade-old gifting company has quietly built a substantial and profitable business in the Middle East. Its trajectory holds many lessons for consumer startups aspiring to set up shop in the region.
03 Sept 2025
The legal and not-so-legal takeover of the UAE by Chinese cars
Cheaper, high-tech cars from China have flooded the UAE auto market in the past few years—sometimes entering through the back door.
06 Aug 2025
Al-Futtaim, Cenomi Retail and understanding their landmark deal
The Emirati conglomerate has decided to aid the faltering Saudi firm, in what looks like one of the biggest retail alliances the two economies have seen in a long time.
30 Jul 2025
Wizz Air bows out of Abu Dhabi
Six years after entering the Gulf, the airline is pulling back to focus on Europe.
14 Jul 2025
The Middle East is ground zero for the air-taxi phenomenon
As regulatory hurdles slow the growth of the nascent eVTOL business worldwide, the region is quietly becoming the proving ground for the futuristic mode of transport.
09 Jul 2025
UAE and Saudi Arabia put up a good show in global university rankings
The latest QS rankings are proof that the Gulf’s investments in higher education are beginning to show results.
25 Jun 2025
The Emirates remains top millionaire magnet, Saudi is a record riser
A study sheds light on how millionaires are on the move in 2025. A new firm eyes their millions and Oman finally has a personal income tax law.
25 Jun 2025
Riyadh Air makes new moves at the Paris Air Show
Saudi ambition soars, UAE’s oil is moving overseas and the latest in real estate.
18 Jun 2025