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Twelve Days That Closed the Gulf's Skies
Israel's strikes on Iran and the retaliation that followed grounded Gulf carriers and shut down entire national airspaces within hours.
Jun 26, 2025
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Recipes
Ghormeh Sabzi: Persian Herb Stew with Kidney Beans
Iran's unofficial national dish layers fresh herbs, kidney beans, and dried limes into a deeply aromatic stew. Serve it over saffron rice for pure comfort with complexity.
Jan 8, 2025
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Is the Gulf at Risk From Earthquakes? A Straight Answer
The honest answer is low but not zero, and it is not evenly spread. Tremors felt in Dubai towers usually come from Iran. The region's own exposure sits in Oman, the eastern UAE and the Red Sea coast.
Aug 12, 2026
Business
The Strait of Hormuz Has Been Shut for Almost Six Months. Oil Is at $93, Not $200, and That Gap Is the Story.
A potential war is the wrong frame. Fighting began on 28 February and the strait closed on 4 March. The economic damage is real and measurable, and it is far smaller than the forecasts issued in the first month, for reasons worth understanding.
Aug 22, 2026
Business
Why the Gulf Economy Held When the Region Didn't
A war that closed the Strait of Hormuz and hit every GCC state should have broken the region's economics. Reserves and diversification kept it standing.
Jul 16, 2026
Travel
Bookings Are Back, Confidence Is Still Catching Up
Two months after Iran and Israel's war grounded Gulf flights, travel demand is rebuilding, though not evenly and not everywhere at once.
Aug 28, 2025
Business
Gulf Builders Keep Awarding Work While the Risk Premium Rises
Shipping, insurance and construction costs are all higher because of the Iran conflict. Saudi Arabia and the UAE are pressing ahead with project awards anyway, and the reasoning is deliberate.
Aug 4, 2026
Travel
Summer 2026 Travel: The World Cup and a Turbulent Region Collide
A World Cup spanning three countries and closed Middle East airspace are both reshaping summer routes and fares. Here is what is actually happening.
Jul 10, 2026
Technology
When AWS Was Actually Attacked: Drone Strikes Hit the Cloud
Drone strikes on AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain marked the first military attack on hyperscale cloud infrastructure, forcing a new kind of reckoning.
Mar 4, 2026
Latest Trends
The Pistachio Economy Dubai Chocolate Built (and Broke)
One viral chocolate bar turned pistachios into the food world's hottest commodity, and the ripple effects have reached lattes, croissants, and ice cream.
May 14, 2025
Business
Red Sea Tanker Attacks Push Oil Above $96 a Barrel
Houthi claims against two Saudi tankers have exposed the weakness in plans to bypass Hormuz, sending Brent higher as two vital shipping routes face risk.
Jul 23, 2026
Latest Trends
Dubai Chocolate: The Viral Bar That Emptied the World's Pistachios
A home cooking experiment in a Dubai kitchen turned into a global chocolate craze, a pistachio shortage, and a wave of copycats chasing the same viral bite.
Sep 10, 2025
Business
Three Soft Data Prints in One Week Cut the Odds of a September Rate Hike From Fifty to Thirty One
Note the direction. Markets are not arguing about how fast the Federal Reserve cuts. They are pricing the probability that it raises, and gold has just had its best month since January.
Aug 21, 2026
Lifestyle
Summer’s silent killer: What to Do in the Event of a Heat Wave?
With the rising environmental concerns caused by global warming, reducing our carbon footprint has become an urgent priority. This means that we need to find ways to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and shift to renewable energy sources. Our planet faces serious
Aug 30, 2023
Recipes
Traditional Emirati Food: What It Is, and Why You Rarely See It
A cuisine built by pearl divers, date farmers and traders across the Indian Ocean. The spicing came by dhow, the technique came from scarcity, and almost none of it is served in restaurants.
Aug 10, 2026
Technology
Five US Agencies Say AI Is Writing the Exploit Code Being Aimed at Water Utilities
A joint advisory describes AI-generated attack scripts disguised as legitimate monitoring tools, pointed at industrial controllers in water, energy and manufacturing. The honest version is narrower than the headlines and more worrying than the reassurance.
Aug 22, 2026
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The People Who Run Towards It: First Responders in the World's Conflict Zones
Paramedics, firefighters and volunteer rescuers are dying in numbers that have no modern precedent. In Lebanon alone, 110 emergency workers were killed in a matter of months. This is what they do, and what it costs.
Aug 13, 2026
Business
Serious Banks Are Forecasting Gold at $4,500 and at $6,000 for the Same December
Citi, Goldman, Deutsche, HSBC and Societe Generale have published year-end gold targets a third apart from one another. The spread is not sloppiness. It is an argument about what gold is for.
Aug 18, 2026
Lifestyle
Earthquake Safety, Compared: What the Gulf, the US and Europe Actually Tell You to Do
Drop, Cover, Hold On is the near-universal instruction, and the exceptions matter. Here is the official guidance from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the United States and Europe, and where it diverges.
Aug 12, 2026
Recipes
The Syrup Is the Recipe: Ater for Baklava and Everything Else
Two parts sugar, one part water, a squeeze of lemon and a restrained hand with the blossom water. Get this right and most Middle Eastern desserts stop being difficult.
Aug 14, 2026
Business
The Thirty-Year Treasury Is at 5.32 Per Cent and the Federal Reserve Has Not Touched a Thing
Long government borrowing costs are at multi-decade highs across the United States, Germany, France and Japan. The cause is not central bank policy. It is the sheer volume of debt being issued, and some of it is paying for data centres.
Aug 18, 2026
