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Red Sea Amaala Resort Opens in Saudi Arabia Despite Tourism Slump

Saudi Arabia opened another luxury resort on its Red Sea coast this week, betting that construction can outrun a war. The 110-key Rosewood Amaala welcomed

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Gulf Off-Plan Property Sales: Why Developers Can No Longer Bank on Buyers’ Money

Gulf off-plan property sales have powered a decade of tower cranes and record transaction volumes, largely because buyers, not developers, carried most of the financial

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Gulf Tourism Jobs 2026: Why the Industry Is Bracing to Lose 137,000 Roles

The Gulf’s travel and tourism sector is on track to lose around 137,000 jobs this year, even as several of its hotel and real estate

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GCC Sukuk Liquidity 2026: Why Islamic Bonds Are Beating Conventional Debt

Islamic bonds are proving easier to trade than conventional debt across three of the Gulf’s biggest sukuk markets. Fitch Ratings said sukuk liquidity in Saudi

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Gulf AI Infrastructure Investment: Inside the Race to Own the Data Highways

Gulf AI Infrastructure Investment: Inside the Race to Own the Data Highways Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar are pouring billions into subsea cables and

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Bahrain Health Insurance: Inside the SHIFA Rollout for Residents

Bahrain’s Supreme Council of Health has signed a contract with Solidarity Bahrain to begin implementing the country’s long-delayed Health Insurance for Residents programme. The agreement

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PureHealth Healthy Horizons: Inside Abu Dhabi’s New Senior Care Push

Key takeaways PureHealth and the Family Development Foundation have launched Healthy Horizons, a preventive care programme for Emirati senior citizens in Abu Dhabi. The programme

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Modon Abu Dhabi H1 2026 Results: Inside the Dh2.2 Billion Profit Surge

One project launch alone brought in Dh13 billion for Modon Holding this year. That single data point helps explain how the Abu Dhabi master developer

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Middle East Data Breach Cost 2026: Why It Just Hit $8 Million

A single data breach in the Middle East now costs businesses an average of $8 million, according to IBM’s newly released 2026 Cost of a

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Moove Raises $250 Million at a $2.1 Billion Valuation to Scale Autonomous Mobility

Mobility fintech Moove has raised $250 million in a Series C funding round that values the company at $2.1 billion — the region’s largest technology

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