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The regulatory and commercial landscape across the Middle East — including the UAE and Saudi Arabia — continues to evolve. Our Insights section provides commentary, analysis and updates designed for executives, HR leaders and investors navigating the region.
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The Importance of Community
They say you only truly know your strength when you are tested, but that is also when you find out your capacity for grace and kindness. In recent weeks the Middle East region has certainly been tested, and it has shown how strong it can be, but, perhaps more impactfully, its nations, governments and people
March 27, 2026
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Survey shows expats now more settled in UAE
Stabilising property prices and the UAE lifestyle are now major draws, reassuring expats formerly planning to leave. Results of a recent survey report 36 per cent of expatriate respondents are now planning to stay long-term in the Emirates. The same survey’s 2015 results showed over half of expats working in the UAE were preparing to
Top 10 Reasons You Should Really Come to Dubai in Summer
Have you ever flipped through the glossy travel magazines and stopped at the page, “Dubai – the center of now” and think, why not? There’s a photo of the pristine, turquoise waters off Jumeirah beach, the unbroken blue skies, glorious sun. But really, Dubai, the Middle East (not Middle Earth) in the summer? I say,
Record number of Dubai schools improve their KHDA rankings
DUBAI // Twenty-eight private schools have improved their rankings this academic year, in a record for the eight years since Dubai’s education regulator began its classifications. And the Knowledge and Human Development Authority says more than twice as many pupils now receive good or better education – 61 per cent compared with 30 per cent
More expats execute wills to protect assets, savings in Dubai
Dubai: A growing number of expatriates and investors in Dubai are taking legal steps to ensure their assets in the country, as well as their savings and other investments, are distributed according to their wishes after they’re gone. The DIFC Wills & Probate Registry (W&PR) reported on Monday that a total of 1,000 wills have
More expats say planning to stay longer in the UAE
The number of UAE expats planning long-term residency in the UAE has increased mainly due to falling property prices, UAE-based finance comparison group compareit4me.com has revealed. According to a survey carried out by the firm, only 36 percent per cent of UAE residents said they would not consider buying a property in the UA, a
What’s it like to live in Qatar, the world’s richest country?
One of my favourite tweets of recent times was from a Qatari on holiday in the USA. “Why does every petrol station I’m passing seem to be closed?” he asked. You see, we don’t get out of the car to fill up our tanks in Qatar. A pump attendant does it for us, even during
GCC faces teacher shortage as student numbers soar
The total number of students in the GCC education sector is projected to reach 15 million in 2020 but the region faces a shortage of teachers and an overdependence on expats, according to a new report. Alpen Capital said the number is set to increase from an estimated 12.6 million in 2015 as an expanding
Dubai Tourism warns on holiday home regulations
Real estate developers in Dubai have reportedly been asked to warn landlords against short-term lets or they would face fines of up to AED100,000 ($27,000). Dubai’s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (DTCM) issued a notice to developers across the emirate, stating: “Your involvement as developers is essential for the ease of implementing the regulation,
Dubai mall operator says Oman investment to hit $1.8bn by 2020
Dubai-based shopping mall developer Majid Al Futtaim has announced that it will boost total investment in Oman to OR705 million ($1.83 billion) by 2020. The company, Oman’s largest non-energy GCC investor, said in a statement that it will increase its investment in Oman by OR515 million by 2020, in addition to the OR190 million invested
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