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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Maternity & Parental Leave in the UAE 2026: Entitlements & Pay

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UAE maternity leave 2026: 60 days for private-sector mothers, 5-day parental leave, pay rates and how DIFC and ADGM free-zone rules differ.

Getting Married in the UAE 2026: Expat Civil & Court Marriage Guide

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How expats get married in the UAE in 2026: Abu Dhabi civil marriage vs court and embassy options, documents, fees, timelines and certificate attestation.

UAE Car Registration (Mulkiya) Renewal 2026: Fees, Steps & Testing

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Renewing your UAE car registration (Mulkiya) in 2026: RTA fees, vehicle testing rules, insurance and Salik clearance, plus grace period and late penalties.

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

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UAE family visa 2026: the AED 4,000 sponsor salary rule, documents, Ejari, medical and the step-by-step process to sponsor spouse, children and parents.

Shoayb Khattab: The Architect Who Found His True Perspective Through Photography

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How Shoayb Khattab left full-time architecture for photography, then built an award-winning career documenting the Arab world’s buildings as visual storytelling.
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Abu Dhabi Judicial Department: Wills, Courts and Non-Muslim Inheritance

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Abu Dhabi has its own wills registry, and on eligibility it is broader than DIFC — plus the intestacy default your heirs can still apply to displace.

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.
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