Emiratis hope that the global economic downturn will reduce the number of foreigners pouring into their country and give them a chance to reassert their way of life.

A slowdown in the Persian Gulf might feel like a crash landing in places like Egypt, Jordan and Syria, where gulf money has helped prop up strained economies.

As recession looms in the West, cracks are appearing in the boom that has made Dubai a global byword for unfettered growth.

As recession looms in the West, cracks are appearing in the boom that has made Dubai a global byword for unfettered growth.

As recession looms in the West, cracks are appearing in the boom that has made Dubai a global byword for unfettered growth.

New York University announced that Alfred H. Bloom will lead its new Abu Dhabi campus in the United Arab Emirates.

In Dubai, religion has become more of a personal choice and Islam less of a common bond than national identity.

With the dollar?s modest comeback and oil?s retreat, policy makers in the region have been bolstered in their resolve to keep currency pegs in place.

Shenzhen and Dubai may have outstripped Paris and New York as civic models. But can an instant city ever feel like the real thing?

The United Arab Emirates will be the first Arab country to send an ambassador to Iraq since Saddam Hussein?s fall.