Issue 01 . June 2026Loose change. Sharp eyes.

power markets.

6 pieces filed under power markets

WorldJun 4
The Airport Transit Zone Is Now the Region's Most Underrated Soft Power Instrument. Souk Weekly world.

The Airport Transit Zone Is Now the Region's Most Underrated Soft Power Instrument

Forget the embassies. Forget the cultural attaches. The first impression of a country is now formed in the eight minutes between the jetbridge and the connecting gate.

By Mira Faraj

PoliticsJun 4
The Municipal Council Is Where the Region's Actual Politics Lives. Souk Weekly politics.

The Municipal Council Is Where the Region's Actual Politics Lives

Everyone watches the cabinet. The interesting fights, the real careers, and the durable policy shifts are happening one floor below.

By Lena Holloway

PoliticsJun 3
The Quiet Power of the Third Cousin. Souk Weekly politics. Photograph keyed to majlis.

The Quiet Power of the Third Cousin

Why every Gulf cabinet has a man at the back of the room whose business card does not match the importance of his phone calls.

By Lena Holloway

OpinionJun 3
The Tyranny of the Good Press Release. Souk Weekly opinion.

The Tyranny of the Good Press Release

Why the regional policy class has, for two cycles, been writing better announcements than the announcements deserve, and what the over-investment has cost the underlying work.

By Diego Arroyo

OpinionJun 3
The Man Who Sells Nostalgia to Oil Traders. Souk Weekly opinion. Photograph keyed to vintage.

The Man Who Sells Nostalgia to Oil Traders

What a particular Dubai shop tells us about a regional market for the lost world that the regional economy itself was, in part, responsible for losing.

By Diego Arroyo

WorldJun 3
North African Renewables Are Quietly Becoming a Gulf Investment Story. Souk Weekly world. Photograph keyed to solar.

North African Renewables Are Quietly Becoming a Gulf Investment Story

Why several Gulf funds have started buying meaningful positions in renewables projects across North Africa, and what the local governments are doing about it.

By Lena Holloway