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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Tadawul: Inside Saudi Arabia’s Stock Exchange and What It Means for Investors

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The Saudi Exchange, known as Tadawul, is the largest stock exchange in the Middle East and one of the top 15 exchanges in the...

Editorial: Dubai’s Smart Government 3.0, A Model for the World

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Opinion, Gulf Times Now Editorial BoardDubai's approach to digital government has quietly become one of the most sophisticated and successful in the world. While...

Hosam Arab: The Man Who Built the Middle East’s Most Valuable Fintech from a Dubai Apartment

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In 2019, Hosam Arab was sitting in a modest Dubai apartment with a whiteboard, a co-founder, and a single conviction: that the GCC's hundreds...

Emirates NBD Unveils UAE’s First AI-Powered Business Banking Platform for GCC SMEs

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Emirates NBD, the UAE's leading banking group, has launched the region's first fully AI-powered business banking platform targeting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across...

Fadi Ghandour Founder Story: Aramex, NASDAQ and the Arab Startup Ecosystem

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Fadi Ghandour is the founder of Aramex, the logistics and courier company that became one of the Arab world's first technology-enabled businesses to list...
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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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