Issue 8

The special issue introducing 65 Russian-speaking entrepreneurs of the UAE — a living encyclopaedia of those building businesses with meaning in Dubai.

Kristina Conde on building a global engine export business from England to Dubai — surviving a catastrophic fire, rebuilding, and finding peace in the Gulf.

Doctor Michel Daher on creating the Dubai International Arab Festival Awards, helping rebuild Lebanon through culture, and the philosophy that together we achieve a goal.

Dubai's Russian-speaking food entrepreneurs — from Roasters Specialty Coffee to restaurant concepts that became community gathering points for a growing diaspora.

Ivan Zhiznevsky on building 3S Money — the neobank born from getting turned away by three Amsterdam banks in a single afternoon, and scaling to 40…

Anton Zubarev on pivoting from premium watch boutiques to fintech in Dubai — and why Seneca's wisdom about knowing your port guides everything he does.

Mila Smart Semeshkina on building Lectera to 4 million users in 15 languages — and why the future belongs to Fast Education, not long theoretical study.

Albina Nasyrova on building BC Academy — the multilingual, British-curriculum school in Dubai born from wanting the best education for her own son.

Semyon Kurkov on bringing film photography labs to Dubai with Lab Al Awal — and a 1964 colour negative of Yuri Gagarin that proved what eternal…

Global Tax Assistant founders Smbat Alikhanyan and Anara Malakhova on bringing professional accounting to Dubai's Russian-speaking business community — and a world without borders.