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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GCC Startup Ecosystem 2026: Venture Capital, Unicorns and Hub71

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The GCC startup ecosystem in 2026 is unrecognisable from a decade ago — a region that barely registered on global venture capital maps in...

Egypt Economy 2026: Suez Canal, IMF Reform and GCC Investment Ties

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Egypt is one of the Middle East's most consequential economies — the Arab world's most populous country, a strategic geography controlling the Suez Canal,...

OPEC+ and GCC Oil Strategy 2026: Aramco, ADNOC, and Global Energy Markets

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The Gulf Cooperation Council countries collectively hold approximately 30 percent of the world's proven crude oil reserves, making decisions made in Riyadh, Abu Dhabi,...

UAE Stock Markets 2026: DFM and ADX Investor Guide — IPOs, Major Companies and Foreign Access

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The UAE operates two main stock exchanges — the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) — and both have...

How to Find a Job in Dubai 2026: Work Visa, Top Sectors and Salary Guide

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Dubai is one of the world's most competitive and dynamic job markets — a city where career opportunities span global multinationals, fast-growing startups, government...
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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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