James Langton

Fifty years on, popular restaurant still serving happy customers

Innovative technology and an epic voyage helped make history

Ancient sandstone rocks were transported in lorryloads of one-tonne bags to make sure the race stayed on track

Missile attack was worst single loss of life in country's military history

Population has undergone its sharpest growth since the pandemic

The identification of a 1,400-year-old cross is the latest chapter of an unfolding saga - and the Gulf is a central character

Long, long before Starbucks in Seattle, the 'qahveh kaneh' was the place to go to socialise, trade beans - and perhaps become a little over-stimulated

UAE has always understood true value of life-giving liquid

How an Austrian Alpine resort became a cool destination for GCC tourists

Abu Dhabi and Dubai alone now have around 4m residents each - but just 50 years ago there were only half a million people living in the entire Emirates

Before oil and gas and after pearls, there was another export trade from these parts - British red tape permitting

How date plantations in the Sunshine State shape America's perceptions of the Middle East

Early cartoon had Disney's favourite character travel east in the 1930s

Memories of the trend have been revived this year

The redesigned polymer currency enhances security while celebrating the country's heritage