Ahead of this year's biggest art sale at Christie's Dubai this week, Nick Leech looks at the business of art investment with expert advice on how to balance the aesthetic with the profitable. Read Article How to make art add up with smart investments
If you've been living a tax-free life in the UAE, with generous allowances for school fees, housing and private health care, you might be in for a shock when you realise these are out of reach when you return home. Read Article Top tips for expats to consider before heading home
Our consumer advocate takes readers' questions about the perils of DIY wills, LivingSocial vouchers as the company ends its operations in the Middle East, whether UK expats living in Dubai would be charged an international student rate, a rescinded offer of employment and unfreezing a bank account while between jobs. Read Article On Your Side: Cheap DIY wills are not worth the legal headaches
This new economy is taking the world by storm as people seek cheaper options for holidays, car sharing and even personal loans. Best of all, it cuts out those profiteering middlemen. Read Article Collaborative consumption runs on give-and-take
Plus, questions about terminating a contract during the probation period, transferring insurance and savings policies between agencies, and sponsoring a maid in the event of a wife's death, answered by our consumer advocate. Read Article On Your Side: End-of-service gratuities capped at two years
Most people don't know anything about the Algerian city selected by the Arab League's cultural arm to be the capital of Arab culture in 2015. Alice Fordham reports from Constantine Constantine, the most beautiful city you've never heard of
Star Trek's technological feats are ahead of the times - dreamt up almost half a century ago, much of its technology is today a reality. Can’t you beam me up, Scotty?
Istanbul's famous mosque tries to strike balance between religion and tourism money by providing tourists with coverings. Thomas Seibert reports Turkey tightens Blue Mosque dress code
