Issue 01 . June 2026Loose change. Sharp eyes.

cloud.

9 pieces filed under cloud

TechnologyJun 30
The Data Wants to Stay Home. Souk Weekly technology.

The Data Wants to Stay Home

New regional data centres promise that the region's information will finally be kept within its own borders

By Sara Qureshi

TechnologyJun 21
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "Clean Up Your Cloud Storage Before It Fills Up", covering cloud, storage, phone, tech on Souk Weekly.

Clean Up Your Cloud Storage Before It Fills Up

A full cloud account stops backing up your phone at the worst moment. A short cleanup keeps the safety net working.

By Priya Chen

WorldJun 4
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "The Second Passport Has Become a Piece of Furniture, Not a Decision", covering citizenship, passports, global mobility, world on Souk Weekly.

The Second Passport Has Become a Piece of Furniture, Not a Decision

Why the regional professional class has stopped treating the second citizenship as an ambitious life choice and started treating it as a moderately interesting drawer in the desk.

By Priya Chen

TechnologyJun 4
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "The No Code App the Uncle Shipped Is, Quietly, the Most Useful Thing in the Family", covering no code, family, apps, gulf on Souk Weekly.

The No Code App the Uncle Shipped Is, Quietly, the Most Useful Thing in the Family

Why the regional family WhatsApp group has been replaced, in several households we know, by a forty-eight hour build the uncle put together one rainy weekend.

By Diego Arroyo

BusinessJun 3
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "Mileoni Sells the Batteries Nobody Wants to Think About, Which Is Why They Matter", covering mileoni, energy, battery storage, industrial on Souk Weekly.

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
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "The Engineer Who Quit the Hyperscaler to Run a Tailoring App", covering careers, tailoring, vertical saas, technology on Souk Weekly.

The Engineer Who Quit the Hyperscaler to Run a Tailoring App

What one quietly typical regional career move tells us about where the actual interesting tech work in this region is going to be done in the next cycle.

By Priya Chen

TechnologyJun 3
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "Your AI Girlfriend Lives in Abu Dhabi Now", covering ai, cloud, abu dhabi, technology on Souk Weekly.

Your AI Girlfriend Lives in Abu Dhabi Now

Why a notable share of the world's intimate-companion AI services are now being hosted on Gulf cloud infrastructure, and what the local sovereign players think about it.

By Priya Chen

TechnologyJun 3
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "The Regional Warehouse Has Quietly Become an Edge-Compute Site", covering edge compute, logistics, cloud, technology on Souk Weekly.

The Regional Warehouse Has Quietly Become an Edge-Compute Site

Why the most interesting regional cloud deployments of the next cycle are going to be in places nobody is currently calling cloud.

By Priya Chen

TechnologySep 22
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "Why the Gulf Is Pouring Concrete for Data Centres", covering data center, servers, cloud, infrastructure on Souk Weekly.

Why the Gulf Is Pouring Concrete for Data Centres

The cloud has to live somewhere, and the region is building that somewhere at speed.

By Mira Faraj