Issue 01 . June 2026Loose change. Sharp eyes.

succession.

6 pieces filed under succession

BusinessJun 30
When the Founder Steps Back. Souk Weekly business.

When the Founder Steps Back

The Gulf's great family firms are handing over to heirs educated abroad and impatient to modernise

By Marcus Okafor

BusinessJun 28
The Family Business Succession Nobody Wants to Schedule. Souk Weekly business.

The Family Business Succession Nobody Wants to Schedule

Across the Gulf, the meeting that decides a family firm's future is the one that never reaches the calendar

By Marcus Okafor

BusinessJun 4
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "The Second Cousin in the Family Business Is the Most Underrated Asset in the Region", covering family business, gcc, operators, business on Souk Weekly.

The Second Cousin in the Family Business Is the Most Underrated Asset in the Region

Why the regional family conglomerate's quietest performer is the relative who never asked for a board seat and now runs a quarter of the cash flow.

By Sara Qureshi

BusinessJun 3
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "The Family Office Buying Spree Has Moved Down the Supply Chain", covering family office, private capital, business, markets on Souk Weekly.

The Family Office Buying Spree Has Moved Down the Supply Chain

Why the next four acquisitions you read about in this region will be smaller than the last four, and quieter, and in categories you did not expect.

By Marcus Okafor

BusinessJun 3
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "The Regional Spreadsheet Has Quietly Become a Cultural Object", covering culture, spreadsheets, women, informal economy on Souk Weekly.

The Regional Spreadsheet Has Quietly Become a Cultural Object

Inside the unstoppable rise of a particular file format among a particular cohort of regional professional women, and why the rest of us should pay attention.

By Sara Qureshi

BusinessJun 3
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "Badih Aldroubi, Son of the Builder, and the Polite Awkwardness of Going Second", covering family business, succession, gcc, business on Souk Weekly.

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