Fatima Al Zaabi

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Fatima Al Zaabi writes our Features — the profiles of the people, founders and companies building the Gulf. She reports the long-form side of the magazine: how a business was actually built, what it cost the person who built it, and what the rest of the region can learn from it.

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ENEC and Barakah: The Arab World’s First Nuclear Plant

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All four Barakah units have run commercially since September 2024 — and Nawah no longer operates the plant. What ENEC’s own records actually say.

TAQA: The Company That Owns Abu Dhabi’s Grid

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Oil and gas is 7.7% of TAQA’s revenue and the grid is 66%. What its own audited accounts say — and five things every published description gets wrong.

Etihad Airways: The Airline That Stopped Buying Other Airlines

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How Etihad’s equity-alliance strategy collapsed in 2017, what replaced it under ADQ, and why the much-reported ADX listing still has not happened.

Aigul: The Abu Dhabi Photographer Whose Eye Was Trained in Italy

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Aigul spent seven formative years in Italy before launching Aigul Captures, a fine-art and portrait photography business in Abu Dhabi, in 2025.

Ameer Hamza: The Accountant Building Abu Dhabi SMEs a Safety Net

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Ameer Hamza built AH Chartered Accountants from nothing in Abu Dhabi, then began building PocketLedger to bring SME accounting onto WhatsApp.
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Kuwait’s Police Certificate Lives in an App, and Closes When You Leave

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Kuwait issues its police clearance as a Criminal Status Certificate through the Sahel app, and only to current residents aged 18 and over. The verified process.

Oman’s Police Certificate: Almost Every English Guide Names the Wrong One

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The Royal Oman Police issues two certificates, not one, and expatriates cannot get the Good Conduct one. The real process, the real fees, and where guides go wrong.

Qatar Abolished the Exit Permit. The Internet Has Not Noticed

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Qatar removed the exit permit for private-sector workers in 2018 and for almost everyone else in January 2020. Who still needs approval, and the ILO numbers.

Rica Hernandez: A Salon Built on One Promise

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Rica Presentacion Hernandez built Blink Lash from a home beauty service into a licensed Abu Dhabi studio. The founder, in her own words.
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