Abu Dhabi vs Doha: the battle to lure residents beyond Dubai The capital cities are going all out to draw foreigners thinking of moving to the Gulf — or those for whom the City of Gold has become a victim of its own successDubai is moving towards Danish-style living — can it work?Café and cycle culture is moving up the emirate’s cityscape agenda. But it’s a tall orderBeauty and Bahrain: inside the home of pearling scion Faten MattarIn a modernist beachfront house on the island nation, soaring spaces play host to multigenerational family gatherings — and a business looking to new horizonsShifting sands: the Gulf designers capturing the spirit of their landscape From papyrus to date palms, the materials of the region are being used to create extraordinary furnitureA ‘pest-infested’ villa and the realities of Dubai’s soaring rental marketOnce upon a time families could afford a house by the beach but that’s now a distant memory
Abu Dhabi vs Doha: the battle to lure residents beyond Dubai The capital cities are going all out to draw foreigners thinking of moving to the Gulf — or those for whom the City of Gold has become a victim of its own successDubai is moving towards Danish-style living — can it work?Café and cycle culture is moving up the emirate’s cityscape agenda. But it’s a tall orderBeauty and Bahrain: inside the home of pearling scion Faten MattarIn a modernist beachfront house on the island nation, soaring spaces play host to multigenerational family gatherings — and a business looking to new horizonsShifting sands: the Gulf designers capturing the spirit of their landscape From papyrus to date palms, the materials of the region are being used to create extraordinary furnitureA ‘pest-infested’ villa and the realities of Dubai’s soaring rental marketOnce upon a time families could afford a house by the beach but that’s now a distant memory
