Yasar Jarrar

The AI revolution is not merely a technology story. It is a competitiveness story, a development story, and increasingly, a geopolitical story

The old question of what is the cheapest route must now give way to a harder one: what is the safest, most reliable route when the cheapest one fails?

The region can go from consumer of water solutions to global producer, innovator and investor

The temporary shift to online schooling is frustrating, but it is building the self-directed learners that the future demands

The companies that help people reclaim time are offering something far more valuable than convenience

The next chapter of this resilient country is already taking shape

The UAE and a few other countries are uniquely placed to help address one of the world's biggest challenges

The world can draw valuable lessons from the country's extraordinary manufacturing leap

Families are becoming the shock absorbers of technological change, yet policies remain centred on the individual. This has to change

As we enter 2026, the more intelligent our machines become, the more human strategy must be

A college system designed for the industrial age is now colliding with a post-industrial labour market

By year-end 2026, the region won't just compete in AI; it will be the world's live demonstration of AI governance at scale

What used to be a tech 'arms race' between nations is now a capability race between states and firms

With the industrial-age job becoming redundant, the conversation needs to be about economic inclusion