Founded 2026 . Issue 01 . Filed from the Gulf
Masthead.
The people whose names go on the door. Also some who do not, but should.
Souk Weekly is a small magazine with a small payroll and a long memory. We launched in 2026 on the unfashionable bet that the Gulf could sustain a weekly that read like an actual weekly: written by people, edited by people, occasionally annoying its own publishers. Below is the staff list we are willing to publish under our own names.
Some of our writers use pen-names; this is a magazine convention with a long pedigree and we are not embarrassed about it. The byline reflects the writer's role and beat. The actual person behind it is on payroll and accountable to the editor in the usual way. Pen-names are listed below without ceremony.
The staff
On the masthead.
Diego ArroyoOpinion Editor. Essays on democracy, work, and what the next decade demands.
Lena HollowaySenior Editor covering Politics and World. Twenty years on the foreign desk.
Marcus OkaforMarkets Reporter. Previously: equities desk in London and São Paulo.
- Mira Faraj
Editor-at-Large at Souk Weekly. Writes the cover lines, picks the fights, and occasionally talks to people who would rather she did not. Previously elsewhere; mostly the same beat, fewer adjectives.
Priya ChenTechnology Correspondent. Covers AI, semiconductors, and the labs behind both.
Sara QureshiSpecial Contributor. Profiles of the people building the next economy.
A founding note
Souk Weekly exists because nobody else was making the magazine we wanted to read on a Saturday morning. So we made it. It is independent. It is paid for by readers and by our own appetite for the work. We do not let advertisers see the page before it goes to press. We do not run native ads dressed as features. When we are wrong, we say so.
We answer to readers. The rest of the editorial-page furniture lives in our standards, ethics, and corrections pages. They are short and worth a glance.
Souk Weekly is also, gently, a sister publication to Meridian, the straight-faced daily. Different magazine, different jokes, same neighbourhood.
Contact
Reach the newsroom via the contact page, or email editor@souk-weekly.web.app directly.