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1. Article · 28 September 2026

   AI across the Middle East: what the Gulf's investment could mean for the wider region

   A region-by-region look at how AI is developing across the GCC, the Levant, Egypt and North Africa, and Iraq, Iran and Yemen. It covers opportunities, the digital divide, and the effect of the 2026 wa

   Iran, Yemen, Iraq, Egypt

2. Article · 28 September 2026

   The GCC AI landscape in 2026: a country-by-country guide

   A factual overview of AI strategy, institutions, models, infrastructure and governance in each of the six GCC states as of September 2026. It separates what is operating from what is announced, and gi

   United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain

3. Article · 28 September 2026

   Illustrative archetypes: what agentic organisations could look like in the Gulf

   Five fictional, composite organisations (a Dubai trading SME, a Riyadh clinic group, a Kuwaiti family retailer, a Muscat government service unit and a Doha professional-services firm) show how the ide

   Muscat, Kuwait, Dubai, Riyadh

4. Article · 28 September 2026

   AI readiness checklist for Gulf businesses

   Thirty plain-language questions across eight areas (strategy, data, processes, people, technology, governance and law, security and resilience, and customers and trust) with a simple 0–2 score, calm g

   United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Dubai

5. Article · 28 September 2026

   From paper to agents: a staged digitisation and AI adoption roadmap for Gulf businesses

   A six-stage framework (foundations, digitise, connect data, automate, augment with AI, agentic operations) with a clear 'gate' before each move, plus what each stage needs in data, governance, skills

   United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Qatar

6. Article · 28 September 2026

   AI Camps: Risks, and the conditions they would need

   A calm look at the main risks people raise about AI (jobs, misuse, loss of control, concentration of power, surveillance, misinformation and accidents). For each one: what would have to happen for it

   United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, United States