This Week In Business
This Week in Business is Arabian Business’s weekly news podcast on the stories shaping life, work and power across the Gulf. Every Friday morning, Arabian Business reporters discuss the week’s most important news, from billion-dollar deals and government decisions to property, technology, aviation, energy and the changes being felt by businesses and residents across the region. The podcast cuts through the noise to explain what happened, why it matters and what comes next, with sharp analysis and informed debate.
Episodes
This Week in Business: Hormuz breakthrough, FIFA's crisis and an inside look at Etihad Rail
In this episode, Head of News Tom Evans and Senior Contributor Justin Harper sit down to discuss the biggest developments from August 3 to August 7, 2026.They break down: Iran and Oman's preliminary agreement on a designated shipping channel in the Strait of Hormuz, and the major structural sticking points that remain.FIFA's humiliating U-turn on its secretive $21 billion commercial spin-off propo
This Week in Business: Hormuz, Dubai’s wealth boom and Syria’s next chapter
In this episode, Managing Editor Tala Michel Issa and Head of News Tom Evans sit down to discuss the biggest developments from July 27 to July 31, 2026.They break down:Oman’s Gulf-backed proposal for managing the Strait of Hormuz, the debate over voluntary shipping fees and Trump’s warning of fresh strikesWhy Dubai is now home to more than 80,000 millionaires, what DIFC’s growth reveals about the
This Week in Business: Bab al-Mandab, Hormuz danger pay and what Burnham’s premiership means for the Gulf
In this episode, Head of News Tom Evans and Managing Editor Tala Michel Issa sit down to discuss the biggest business developments of the week ending July 24, 2026.They break down:- How the Iran conflict expanded across the Gulf, with attacks on civilian infrastructure and a new Houthi threat to Saudi shipping in the Red Sea- Why sailors are being offered as much as 500% more to cross the Strait o
This Week in Business: Hormuz, Trump and the deals defying the Gulf crisis
In this episode, Head of News Tom Evans and Managing Editor Tala Michel Issa sit down to discuss the biggest business developments from July 13 to July 17, 2026.They unpack:* Trump’s Hormuz U-turn, Gulf airspace warnings and the wider cost of regional uncertainty* Why Gulf job openings fell 3%, Qatar was hit hardest and Saudi Arabia continued to grow* The UAE’s global energy and trade ambitions, f
