Lower-cost liquor could help the emirate keep its edge over neighbors like Saudi Arabia and Qatar as the Middle East’s hub for leisure and business.
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Ali Daei’s Family Is Targeted After He Supports Iran Protests
The wife and daughter of the soccer star Ali Daei, one of the most prominent critics of Iran’s crackdown on protesters, were stopped from leaving Iran.
An Agonizing Wait for a Migrant Worker’s Final Journey Home
The inequality and vulnerability that laborers from places like Nepal face overseas also stalk them in death, when dreams evaporate.
Cloud Wars: Mideast Rivalries Rise Along a New Front
As climate change makes the region hotter and drier, the U.A.E. is leading the effort to squeeze more rain out of the clouds, and other countries are rushing to keep up.
A Social Media Star of a Changed Middle East: An Arab From Israel in Dubai
Nuseir Yassin, a Palestinian citizen of Israel with nearly 60 million followers, has taken advantage of new diplomatic ties to move to the United Arab Emirates — angering many Palestinians.
American Lawyer Asim Ghafoor Freed From Detention in U.A.E.
Asim Ghafoor, who was convicted of financial crimes, was freed from a monthlong detention in Dubai after paying a $1.36 million fine.
Sentence of American Lawyer Held in U.A.E. Is Overturned
The man, Asim Ghafoor — who was convicted in absentia of financial crimes and had once worked with Jamal Khashoggi — is expected to be released.
Pressure Grows for U.A.E. to Free Asim Ghafoor, American Lawyer
Asim Ghafoor once represented the Saudi dissident and columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in 2018 by Saudi agents. He was arrested this month in Dubai.
Saudi Arabia Bankrolls a Challenge to the PGA
Saudi Arabia is investing in sporting events, like an upstart golf tour, as part of a yearslong drive to turn the country into a hot spot for business and tourism and to blunt criticism of its human rights record.
For Saudi Arabia, Golf Is Seen as an Image Sanitizer
Saudi Arabia is investing in sporting events, like an upstart golf tour, as part of a yearslong drive to turn the country into a hot spot for business and tourism and to blunt criticism of its human rights record.