Tag: Gulf Economy

Browse our exclusive articles!

GCC Energy Transition 2026: Oil Giants Building a Renewable Future

The Gulf Cooperation Council is simultaneously the world's largest oil-exporting bloc and one of the world's most active investors in renewable energy infrastructure. This...

Gulf Banking Transformation 2026: Digital Finance, Fintech and the GCC’s Financial Future

Gulf banking is undergoing its most profound transformation since the oil booms of the 1970s created the region's modern financial sector. As of 2026,...

GCC Sports Economy 2026: How the Gulf Became a Global Sports Powerhouse

Sport has become one of the Gulf Cooperation Council's most powerful instruments of economic transformation, global brand-building, and soft power projection. What began as...

Editorial: The Gulf SME Gap — Why Small Business Is the Region’s Untapped Engine

The Gulf's small and medium enterprises are the invisible backbone of an economy that likes to celebrate its tallest towers and biggest sovereign wealth...

GCC Tourism 2026: How the Gulf Is Competing for the World’s Visitors

The GCC tourism industry has undergone a transformation so rapid and comprehensive that analysts who wrote off the Gulf as a transit destination barely...

Popular

Kuwait’s Police Certificate Lives in an App, and Closes When You Leave

Kuwait issues its police clearance as a Criminal Status Certificate through the Sahel app, and only to current residents aged 18 and over. The verified process.

Oman’s Police Certificate: Almost Every English Guide Names the Wrong One

The Royal Oman Police issues two certificates, not one, and expatriates cannot get the Good Conduct one. The real process, the real fees, and where guides go wrong.

Qatar Abolished the Exit Permit. The Internet Has Not Noticed

Qatar removed the exit permit for private-sector workers in 2018 and for almost everyone else in January 2020. Who still needs approval, and the ILO numbers.

Rica Hernandez: A Salon Built on One Promise

Rica Presentacion Hernandez built Blink Lash from a home beauty service into a licensed Abu Dhabi studio. The founder, in her own words.

Subscribe

spot_imgspot_img