Through the Looking Glass

Jordan continues to position itself as a politically stable, reform-oriented jurisdiction that is situated in a volatile neighbourhood, trading scale for predictability, access, and human capital. For investors who already maintain regional platforms in the Gulf, Jordan functions as a complementary hub that offers access to Levant and Iraqi markets, offering a reasonably sophisticated banking sect...

 Qatar is at a turning point. Its world-leading LNG infrastructure has faced unprecedented challenges, but the country has responded with resilience and foresight. Far from slowing down, these events have reinforced Qatar's drive to modernise and future-proof its economy.  Read the article here. 

At a time when the wider Middle East and MENA region was navigating conflict-driven shocks, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and waves of Iranian aerial attacks on Gulf energy and civilian infrastructure, the United Arab Emirates has demonstrated a remarkable depth of institutional and legal resilience that positions it not merely to weather the storm, but to emerge stronger. The UAE...

Morocco's investment story in 2026 is one of convergence. Infrastructure investment is accelerating at scale. And legal and regulatory architecture that is steadily closing the gap between policy ambition and operational reality. At a time when global Foreign Direct Investment ( FDI ) flows remain uneven and regional volatility is reshaping capital allocation across MENA and Africa, Morocco i...

Against a shifting geopolitical landscape and evolving global market dynamics, Bahrain continues to chart a steady and deliberate course - demonstrating resilience and strategic clarity at a time when cross border capital and policy confidence are being tested. Naturally, in such an environment, questions around stability, continuity, and long term positioning have moved to the top of boardroom an...

Any assessment of Egypt’s corporate investment landscape in 2026 necessarily entails reading the legal framework against a period of FX volatility, subsidy reform and regional conflict that has strained, but not extinguished, investor appetite. Despite tighter global liquidity and the indirect spillovers of conflicts across the wider region on trade, tourism and risk premia, Egypt has emerged as o...

Walk through the looking glass into Iraq in 2026 and you don’t find a neat, post‑conflict turnaround story. You find a big, complicated, resource‑rich state that is still debugging its corporate operating system in real time. The laws are there, the institutions exist, the investment narratives are persuasive – but the day‑to‑day experience for investors is still a negotiation between what’s on th...

Saudi Arabia is using the current regional crisis not as a reason to pause, but as an accelerant for its repositioning as an energy and logistics powerhouse. The new overland and pipeline-linked routes emerging from the conflict are central to that story — and the investment implications are significant. For more information or for a tailored solution, kindly contact: Samer Qudah , Omar AlHumaid ;...

For decades, Kuwait’s investment story could be told in a single word: oil. That is changing. Against a backdrop of heightened geopolitical tensions and route risk, Kuwait continues to ‑hardcode new tax and corporate governance rules while driving long-‑stalled infrastructure from planning into execution. Why Get in Touch with the Al Tamimi Team Kuwait’s 2025–2026 reform cycle is the most signific...

Oman in 2026 looks different. A unified zones law, personal income tax, a maturing PPP framework, tighter corporate governance and a specialist investment court are changing how investors and lenders assess risk, structure deals and deploy capital. At the same time, disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea have put Oman's ports and logistics infrastructure in the global spotlight —...