Saudi Arabia’s Creative Economy Is Building Cultural Confidence
Film, design, music, museums and heritage are creating more than entertainment; they are giving Saudi talent new careers and audiences new ways to connect.
Jul 28, 2026

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Film, design, music, museums and heritage are creating more than entertainment; they are giving Saudi talent new careers and audiences new ways to connect.
Jul 28, 2026

The 1,200-kilometre line to Yanbu carried the crude that could no longer leave through the Gulf. Riyadh chose not to hit back at Iraq, flew more than 300 strikes on Yemen instead, and took dozens of missiles at Khamis Mushait. Brent is near 108.
Sep 15, 2026

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

Oman's Salalah meeting was meant to draw the corridor maps and settle a toll. Saudi Arabia objected to language fixing a new status quo, Bahrain called it appeasement, and it was postponed. Hours earlier an Iranian cargo ship burned off Qeshm with one dead.
Sep 15, 2026

With Hormuz reduced to a trickle, Saudi exports go out through the Red Sea. On Thursday the Houthis took Mocha, eighty kilometres from Bab al-Mandeb, after the heaviest fighting since the 2022 truce. Hours later four projectiles hit two ships off Khasab.
Sep 12, 2026

Dubai and Riyadh are hosting barista championships and single-origin tastings as third-wave coffee culture reshapes a region long defined by cardamom-spiced brews.
May 5, 2025

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

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
