Layla Hassan

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Layla Hassan writes Gulf Times Now’s guides — the practical, checkable answers to moving to the Gulf, living here, working here and starting a business. Her brief is service journalism: what the rule actually is, what it costs, what it takes and what changed, written so a reader can act on it the same day.

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Abu Dhabi Driving Licence: Converting, Testing and Renewing

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How to get an Abu Dhabi driving licence: who runs what, the five steps to a first licence, the documents required, and the validity periods most people get wrong.

Registering a Trademark in the UAE: Steps, Classes and Renewal

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How UAE trademark registration works under the 2021 law: the 90-day examination, the 30-day opposition window, the ten-year term and the renewal deadline.

Sharjah Free Zones: SAIF Zone, Hamriyah and SPC Compared

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Sharjah free zones compared: what SAIF Zone, Hamriyah and SPC each specialise in, the facilities they offer, and why none of them publishes a straight price.

Abu Dhabi School Fees: ADEK Rules, Curricula and What Parents Pay

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How Abu Dhabi school fees are regulated: the ADEK fee policy, the Irtiqa’a rating link, instalment and registration caps, and what curricula actually cost.

Living in the Northern Emirates: Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah

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What living in Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah is actually like: the shared federal utility, the free zones, the Fujairah port economy and the commute reality.
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How the UAE Left the FATF Grey List — and What Did Not Change

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The UAE came off FATF monitoring on 23 February 2024 with three other countries — and was never blacklisted. What delisting did not change for businesses.

Al Wathba Wetland Reserve: Abu Dhabi’s Flamingo Sanctuary

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The flamingo figure everyone quotes is a seasonal peak. The real story is 1,000 nests — and the GCC’s first IUCN Green List site almost nobody mentions.

UAE Commercial Agency Law: What Federal Law 3 of 2022 Changed

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The 2022 agency law did not open agencies to foreign ownership, and the transition is not two years. What the Ministry’s own text actually says.

The UAE Data Protection Law: What the PDPL Actually Requires

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The PDPL is in force but its Executive Regulations are not issued — so the fines, the breach clock and your compliance deadline do not yet exist in law.
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