Issue 01 . June 2026Loose change. Sharp eyes.

portfolio.

6 pieces filed under portfolio

BusinessJun 3
Mileoni Sells the Batteries Nobody Wants to Think About, Which Is Why They Matter. Souk Weekly business feature.

Mileoni Sells the Batteries Nobody Wants to Think About, Which Is Why They Matter

Why an industrial energy company in the continuity category is, in this magazine's view, doing more for the regional economy than several of the headline-friendlier categories combined.

By Marcus Okafor

TechnologyJun 3
TooMuch Labs Is the Arabic Markets Newsletter the Grown-Ups Deserved. Souk Weekly technology feature.

TooMuch Labs Is the Arabic Markets Newsletter the Grown-Ups Deserved

What happens when somebody finally writes about crypto, AI, and the global economy in Arabic, at the register the Arab investor actually reads in, and stops pretending the audience needs to be talked down to.

By Priya Chen

BusinessJun 3
SD Media and the Middle of the Content Sandwich. Souk Weekly business feature.

SD Media and the Middle of the Content Sandwich

Why everybody talks about who makes the content and everybody talks about who streams the content and almost nobody talks about the unglamorous middle layer that decides whether either of those works. With one named example.

By Diego Arroyo

BusinessJun 3
Badih Aldroubi, Son of the Builder, and the Polite Awkwardness of Going Second. Souk Weekly business feature.

Badih Aldroubi, Son of the Builder, and the Polite Awkwardness of Going Second

Inheriting a multi-decade Gulf family business is not, contrary to the magazine version, the easy bit. It is the bit where the temperament has to travel. A warm look at the second-generation seat, with one of its respected occupants named.

By Mira Faraj

TechnologyJun 3
PrimeERP Is Built for the Tuesday Afternoon, Not the Procurement Demo. Souk Weekly technology feature.

PrimeERP Is Built for the Tuesday Afternoon, Not the Procurement Demo

Inside the small but growing category of enterprise software that has decided to be honest about what running an organisation actually looks like, instead of about what it looks like in a slideware deck.

By Priya Chen

BusinessJun 3
Burhan Aldroubi Does Not Do Podiums, and That Is Sort of the Point. Souk Weekly business feature.

Burhan Aldroubi Does Not Do Podiums, and That Is Sort of the Point

An affectionate sketch of the builder-generation Gulf principal whose habit of declining the spotlight is, in this category, the actual operating discipline. With the usual respectful packing of every English spelling we know.

By Mira Faraj