Search Site

Trends banner

Equinor signs $27 bn gas deal

The 10-year contract was signed with Centrica.

ADNOC Drilling secures $1.15bn contract

The contract for two jack-up rigs begins in the second quarter.

Etihad Q1 profit $187 million

This is a 30% YoY increase over Q1 2025.

Yalla Group Q1 revenue $83m

Net income rose to $36.4 million, a 17% YoY increase.

Qatar Airways annual profit $2bn

This was a record 28% jump in annual net profit.

Iftar lightens the pocket in GCC

Here’s a look at how the price of an Iftar meal compares to a standard meal eaten in moths other than Ramadan.
  • Ramadan a month of communal joy, when people gather after dusk and before dawn to partake in feasts that would help them tide over daylong fasts
  • However, there seems to be a disparity between how much a full Iftar meal costs versus how much a normal meal costs outside the month of Ramadan

Ramadan is a month of spirituality and celebration for Muslims across the world in general and the GCC countries in particular.

It is also a month of communal joy, as people gather after dusk and before dawn to partake in feasts that would help them tide over daylong fasts.

Thus, when the sun sets, devout Muslims partake in Iftar to break their fast for the day.

However, there seems to be a disparity between how much a full Iftar meal costs versus how much a normal meal costs outside the month of Ramadan.

Here’s a look at how the price of an Iftar meal compares to a standard meal eaten in moths other than Ramadan: