Hay Festival in Abu Dhabi The Emiratis love festivities and festivals. They love festivities because they love fun and joy - like everywhere else- but their love for festivals is for much more serious reasons.

Electricity War Imagine you are living in the Sunbelt of the world where the heat of the sun is fierce even in the depths of winter.

The Saudi-led campaign against the poorest country in the Middle East is still raging on, more than five years after its commencement.

The name of Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman, is now more conspicuously tied to the slaying of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi and spearheading the bloody war on Yemen.

Every year thousands of African workers go on a grueling journey to the rich Persian Gulf countries in the hope of escaping war, death, and destitution. With luck on their side, they might end up in finding hard manual labour with meager wages just to continue their hand-to-mouth existence.

The 1996 Coup In June 2017, Qatar was put under siege. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic, trade, and travel ties with this tiny, yet gas-rich country in the Persian Gulf.

In March 2015, Saudi Arabia spearheaded a military campaign against its poor neighbor Yemen. The aim was purportedly to bring the country’s ousted president back to power.

Ever Normalized Like Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates has long been in contact with the Israeli regime, interacting in various areas such as trade and cybersecurity.

The Real Deal after decades of secret relations, in mid-August the United Arab Emirates and the Israeli regime decided to bring their affairs out into the open.