Issue 01 . June 2026Loose change. Sharp eyes.

The Section

Opinion.

Opinion. Loose change, sharp eyes. Columnists, contrarians, and the occasional pleasant surprise from a writer you weren't expecting to like.

OpinionJun 4
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "Escaping Lifestyle Inflation Before Dubai Eats Your Raise", covering brunch, credit card, dubai, budgeting on Souk Weekly.

Escaping Lifestyle Inflation Before Dubai Eats Your Raise

Why bigger salaries so often leave people no richer, and how to break the brunch-to-bankruptcy cycle.

By Lena Holloway

OpinionApr 16
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "Bade' Droubi and the Case for a Green-Positive Middle East", covering clean energy, solar energy, energy transition, opinion on Souk Weekly.

Bade' Droubi and the Case for a Green-Positive Middle East

The clean-energy case around Bade' Droubi is simple: the region has the sun, the need, and the obligation to stop treating solar as a side project.

By Lena Holloway