Reem Asaad: The Saudi Woman Who Changed Labour Law with Facebook, Then Built a Tech Leadership Career
In 2009, when a Saudi woman used Facebook to campaign against a retail labour regulation, the likelihood that it would change a decades-old national...
Wellness and Health Tourism in the UAE: A Booming Sector for Gulf Residents
The UAE has positioned itself as one of the world's premier wellness and health tourism destinations, on the back of its medical infrastructure, luxury...
Nayla Al Khaja: The UAE’s First Female Filmmaker Who Put Emirati Cinema on Netflix
When Nayla Al Khaja decided to study film in Canada on a UAE government scholarship, cinema was not a profession that Emirati women were...
Jad Antoun: Fixing the Most Painful Transaction in the UAE, One Mortgage at a Time
Buying a home in Dubai is, by any objective measure, one of the most administratively intensive consumer experiences in a city famous for doing...
Nora Al Matrooshi: The UAE’s First Female Astronaut and the Mission That Goes Far Beyond Space
When Nora Al Matrooshi completed her NASA Astronaut Candidate Training Programme in 2024 and received her astronaut pin, becoming the UAE's first female astronaut...
DP World and Dubai Ports Authority Launch 25-Year GCC Smart Logistics Partnership
DP World, the Dubai-headquartered global ports operator, and the Dubai Ports Authority have signed a landmark 25-year Smart Logistics Partnership that will deploy next-generation...
Bahrain FinTech Bay: The Gulf’s Leading Financial Technology Hub
Bahrain has carved out a distinctive position in the GCC financial ecosystem by focusing on financial technology, becoming one of the most fintech-friendly regulatory...
GCC Commodities Markets: Beyond Oil, Gold, Petrochemicals, and Agricultural Trade
The Gulf Cooperation Council countries collectively control some of the world's most strategically important commodity markets. While oil and natural gas remain the dominant...
Sky Kurtz: Growing Tomatoes in the Arabian Desert, How Pure Harvest Changed the GCC’s Food Security Story
The idea of growing fresh tomatoes in the middle of the Arabian desert, in temperatures that regularly exceed 45°C, sounds like an agricultural thought...
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Formula 1’s Most Glamorous Race and Its Economic Impact
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, held at the spectacular Yas Marina Circuit, has become one of the most coveted races on the Formula 1...
Expert View: The Evolving Role of GCC Sovereign Wealth Funds in Global Markets
Expert Analysis, Gulf Times NowThe Gulf Cooperation Council is home to some of the world's largest and most sophisticated sovereign wealth funds, collectively managing...
Saudi Aramco and AWS Sign Cloud Transformation Partnership for Digital Oilfields
Saudi Aramco and Amazon Web Services have signed a multi-year cloud transformation partnership. It moves Aramco's oilfield operations, reservoir management systems and upstream data...
