AUGUST 2026 ISSUEAbu Dhabi · Dubai · Riyadh · Doha
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Women Shaping Abu Dhabi
The leaders, innovators and visionaries redefining the Emirate.
54 pages · 15 on the record · Published 28 August 2026
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Sean Barcoe: The Special-Ops Pilot Who Built an Abu Dhabi Creative Studio

Sean Barcoe spent 20 years as a US Army pilot before building BarCoe, an Abu Dhabi creative production studio now expanding onto a new site.
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Aigul: The Abu Dhabi Photographer Whose Eye Was Trained in Italy

Aigul spent seven formative years in Italy before launching Aigul Captures, a fine-art and portrait photography business in Abu Dhabi, in 2025.
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Abu Dhabi’s Water: Desalination, EWEC and the Grid

How Abu Dhabi is decoupling water from power — and why EWEC’s own site still advertises a desalination plant that stopped making water in 2025.

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Opinion: The UAE Changes Its Laws Faster Than It Updates Its Own Guidance

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The tax authority’s own page states a rate the law does not. Six government pages, checked in one day — and why recent date stamps make it worse, not better.

Opinion: Abu Dhabi’s Advantage Is That It Is Not in a Hurry

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A Guggenheim signed in 2006 opens in 2026. The case that Abu Dhabi’s development model is a deliberate strategy — and where that argument breaks down.

Expert View: How GCC Fintech Regulation Is Outpacing the West

Gulf BriefingOmar Al Mansoori - 0
Expert view on GCC fintech regulation in 2026 — how ADGM, DIFC, Bahrain's CBB, Saudi open banking and Dubai's VARA built clear rules faster than the West.
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