Dubai’s Gold Market: How DMCC Makes the UAE a Global Commodities Trading Hub
Dubai handles more physical gold than almost anywhere else on the planet. The city's position at the intersection of African, Asian, and European trade...
Cricket in the GCC: How Gulf Nations are Making Their Mark in International Cricket
Cricket has a surprisingly deep-rooted history in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, driven primarily by the large South Asian expatriate communities that have called...
Tadawul: Inside Saudi Arabia’s Stock Exchange and What It Means for Investors
The Saudi Exchange — known as Tadawul — is the largest stock exchange in the Middle East and one of the top 15 exchanges...
Abdulmajeed Alsukhan: How a Saudi Central Bank Alumnus Built the Kingdom’s First Fintech Unicorn
There is a particular irony in the fact that Abdulmajeed Alsukhan — the man who disrupted Saudi Arabia's financial sector with a new generation...
DeFi and Web3 in the GCC: How Decentralised Finance is Taking Root in the Gulf
While most discussions of cryptocurrency in the GCC focus on centralised exchanges and Bitcoin investment, a quieter but potentially more consequential development is underway:...
