Mira Al-Hussein Fellow with Columbia University’s Global Centre and a researcher on the UAE and Gulf. The Economic Contracts of New Gulf Citizenships Mira Al-Hussein · December 2021 In an effort to diversify their revenues before the end of the oil era and to attract economic talent, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are now granting citizenship to hand-picked expatriates, ignoring the large mass of foreign workers, even those who have been in the country for (…)
