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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Aldar Properties: The Developer That Built Modern Abu Dhabi

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Inside Aldar Properties — its 2004 founding, the Sorouh and TDIC deals, the Mubadala stake, and the two-business model behind Abu Dhabi’s skyline.

AD Ports Group: The Machinery Behind Abu Dhabi Trade

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Inside AD Ports Group: the five clusters, Khalifa Port and its four terminals, KEZAD, the overseas concessions, and what the Hormuz disruption did to volumes.

ADQ and L’IMAD: How Abu Dhabi Reorganised Its Sovereign Capital

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ADQ's audited 2025 accounts show AED 996.8 billion in assets. What the holding company owns, how its nine segments work, and its move under L'IMAD.

Bahrain Family & Dependent Visa 2026: Sponsor Salary, Costs & Steps

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Bahrain family visa 2026 guide: sponsor salary rule, LMRA and NPRA process, documents, medical, fees per dependant and how to renew.

Opening a Bank Account in Oman 2026: Documents & Best Banks

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How to open a bank account in Oman in 2026 as an expat: documents, resident card rules, and Bank Muscat, NBO and Sohar International compared.
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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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