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For this week’s Super Seven, we take a trip around the yummiest Iftar tents of Dubai as its Ramadan in Dubai Campaign countdowns to Eid al-Fitr. Saudi Fashion Designer Hatem Alakeel shares his design philosophy and east-greets west whiz when it comes to robes and thobes.
In Sports, Kazakhstan gets ready for the World Nomad Games which includes its famous kyz kuu – to catch a girl – and other colourful comps with tobet and tazy dogs. On the money front, Barclays Bank CEO Rasha Badawi gives a cross-sector performance wrap of the UAE market and Qatar Energy breaks ground with mega projects from the Middle East to Texas. On the tech side, AWS continues to rain cloud as it makes a dash to sprinkle cash from Saudi to Malaysia.
Salaam,
Joanne