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Recovering journalist turned communications consultant with focus on Saudi Arabia and UAE. Lifelong fan of THFC, proud father and grandfather.
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August in Dubai: Mars, the Arctic and Café Belge

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By Frank Kane Verified
| Arabian Gulf Business Insight (AGBI) Verified
There are three climates in Dubai in August. There is Mars, there is the Arctic, and there is Café Belge. Mars is what we used to call outdoors, but which in summer becomes a hostile zone. At this time of year, Dubai residents develop an elaborate routine for avoiding it. You leave your air-conditioned apartment, enter an air-conditioned lift, descend to an underground car park, climb into an air-conditioned car and drive to an air-conditioned office, hotel or shopping mall.
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UAE central bank’s seat at the dollar table

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By Frank Kane Verified
| Arabian Gulf Business Insight (AGBI) Verified
Capital Letter is Frank Kane’s weekly series on Abu Dhabi’s money, power and ambition Khaled Mohamed Balama has never been a central banker in the mould of Kevin Warsh, Christine Lagarde or Andrew Bailey – his peers at the US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of England. Since becoming governor of the Central Bank of the UAE in 2021, he has largely followed the traditional Gulf model: technocratic, influential and discreet.
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September is approaching and the UAE needs Hormuz open

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By Frank Kane Verified
| Arabian Gulf Business Insight (AGBI) Verified
For nearly six months, coverage of the Strait of Hormuz crisis has been, essentially, an oil story: how many barrels can bypass the chokepoint; how much spare capacity sits on the UAE’s east coast; whether pipelines and storage terminals can absorb the shock. Those questions matter less with each passing week because the calculation that matters now is the one counting down to September. From a UAE perspective, the potential damage runs well beyond hydrocarbons.
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