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Qatar's Summer Bootcamp Treats Young People as Builders, Not Just App Users

A hands-on Qatar technology program is guiding 124 young participants from ideas toward viable startups. The deeper value lies in learning how to test, build and adapt.

Aug 1, 2026

Technology

Qatar Is Opening Its Submarine Cable Gateways to More Competition

New access rules for Qatar's cable landing stations aim to make international connectivity fairer and more predictable, strengthening the foundation for cloud and data-center growth.

Aug 1, 2026

Health

Qatar Charity's New Somalia Health Plan Turns Donations Into 48 Projects

A new 2026-2027 plan targets malnutrition, preventable blindness, heart care and essential treatment for nearly 50,000 people in Somalia.

Jul 29, 2026

Qatar's Plant-Based Dining Scene: Where to Eat Vegan in Doha

From a museum-attached vegan kitchen to a Pearl Qatar juice bar chain, Doha's plant-based restaurants are small in number but sharp in ambition.

Dec 18, 2025

Design

Qatar's 14-School Project Puts PPPs and 3D Printing Into One Big Test

A QAR 4.5 billion project for 14 schools is 80 percent complete, combining long-term private operation, local materials and printed components.

Jul 30, 2026

Health

Qatar's New Scholarship Program Prepares Students for Life Beyond the Lecture Hall

The Zad Al-Mubta'ath program will combine academic advice with mental health, financial literacy, cultural guidance and digital security.

Jul 30, 2026

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

Chicken Machboos: Gulf Spiced Rice with Aromatic Chicken

This Gulf classic transforms simple ingredients into fragrant, tender chicken and rice. Bahrain and Qatar claim it as their own, and once you taste it, you'll understand why.

Sep 15, 2023

Sports

The Asian Games Open in Nagoya on Saturday: 15,000 Athletes, 43 Sports, 469 Golds, and a Route to Los Angeles 2028

The second-largest multi-sport event on Earth returns to Japan for the first time since Hiroshima in 1994. The ceremony is at Paloma Mizuho Stadium at six on Saturday evening. What is new, where the swimming is, and why the Gulf's squads matter this time.

Sep 15, 2026

Gulf Aviation Is Heading for a $4.3 Billion Loss, and the Airspace Advisory Still Runs to 31 August

Middle East carriers earned 7.2 billion dollars in 2025 and are forecast to lose 4.3 billion this year. Emirates is flying at three quarters of capacity, jet fuel is up nearly half, and European regulators still advise avoiding four countries' airspace.

Aug 22, 2026

GCC Ministers Put Navigation and Diplomacy at the Center of Regional Talks

Gulf foreign ministers used a July 28 consultation to focus on practical understandings, de-escalation and the safe flow of ships through Hormuz.

Jul 29, 2026

Design

Gulf Architecture's Bold Decade: GCC Skylines Transform

Neom, Qiddiya, Red Sea Project. The GCC is building at a scale that rewrites the architectural conversation. These aren't buildings. They're competing visions for the future.

Jan 14, 2026

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

Saudi Arabia and US EXIM Sign a $15 Billion Understanding

The kingdom's sovereign fund and America's export credit agency have agreed a memorandum worth up to fifteen billion dollars. What it is not is a committed investment.

Aug 6, 2026

The UK-GCC Trade Deal Is Moving From Headline to Business Checklist

The concluded UK-GCC free-trade agreement could reshape services, procurement and investment, but companies should focus on implementation details rather than celebratory totals.

Aug 3, 2026

Middle Eastern Rice Dishes, and How Each One Is Actually Built

Kabsa, machboos, maqluba, mujadara, freekeh. They look similar on a platter and are constructed by completely different methods. A guide to which is which and when to cook it.

Aug 14, 2026

One Visa, One Fee, Six Countries: the Gulf's Schengen Moment Is Reportedly Piloting This Year

A unified GCC tourist visa has been discussed for years and is now said to be entering a pilot phase, at an estimated 100 to 150 dollars for 30 to 90 days. The economics of it are more interesting than the convenience.

Aug 21, 2026

The Gulf Was Forecast a Terrible Year. Brent Is at 84 Dollars

Early in the conflict the projections ran to 150 dollar oil and contracting Gulf economies. Halfway through August the numbers are less dramatic and more interesting than either the panic or the relief.

Aug 16, 2026

Mandi, Kabsa and Machboos Are Not the Same Dish, and the Difference Is Mostly the Oven

One is cooked in a pit with the meat hanging above the rice. One is built on a tomato and spice base. One is the same dish under a different name across four countries. The word mandi comes from the Arabic for dew.

Aug 21, 2026

Riyadh Air's First Big Asia Push Follows the Workforce

Islamabad, Lahore and Manila go on sale for a carrier still under 15 destinations. The choice says the airline is chasing volume that already exists rather than demand it has to invent.

Aug 7, 2026

Iran Says It Will Declare a Restricted Zone Beyond Hormuz, Names Oman as Corridor Partner, and Jizan Is Hit Again

Mohsen Rezaei says any ship entering a zone that starts at the American blockade line will be put on an Iranian sanctions list. The same day Aramco's Jizan refinery took a second strike in a month, Brent passed 97 dollars, and flydubai cut its schedule.

Sep 8, 2026

Luqaimat: Crisp Emirati Dumplings Under Cold Date Syrup

A yeasted batter fried into shatter-crisp spheres, then drenched while still hot. The trick nobody mentions is the temperature of the syrup, and it decides everything.

Jul 31, 2026

Saudi Arabia Stopped Loading Oil at Yanbu, a Houthi Drone Was Shot Down South of Mecca, and Four Ships Crossed Hormuz

With the East-West pipeline still shut, no Saudi crude has left the Red Sea since 11 September and Europe's late-September cargoes are being cancelled. The coalition called the Mecca drone a red line. An American drone killed the crews of two IRGC boats.

Sep 17, 2026

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

Paramount-Warner Wins EU Approval, but Not a Finish Line

Brussels cleared the entertainment mega-deal after a distribution concession, but a US states’ lawsuit and questions over Gulf backing still block certainty.

Jul 23, 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

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