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Magazines published in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and the UAE

This is a fairly random selection of magazines available in Dubai, and focused on locally published English language magazines. There seems to be a new magazine or two appearing on a weekly basis as more and more people and organisations decide to have a crack at coming out with a Dubai version of Marie Clair, GQ, Vanity Fair, NME, Economist, Top Gear, etc. That's not quite happened yet, but there's plenty of choice. And you can still get all the international magazines anyway, albeit at a high price. Generally, locally published magazines are up to 10 dhs each, and imported magazines are 30-60 dhs each.

Automotive and Transport
  • Full Throttle - published by Corithian Publishing in Dubai. Articles, news and events related to motorbikes, quad bikes, jetskis. Started in Nov/Dec 2006.
  • RubberDuck Magazine - car lifestyle magazine for the UAE (how does that related to rubber ducks?), online only, website www.rubberduckmag.com. Launched May 2009 with a tiresomely slow loading "Coming Soon" page for the current issue.
  • Wheels - free or 2 dhs, published weekly, tel +971-4-4067758, fax +971-4-3421039, email wheels@alnisrmedia.com, Editor-in-Chief Abdul Hamid Ahmad, Managing Editor Francis Matthew, publisher Al Nisr Media FZ LLC, PO Box 6519, Dubai, UAE, information Aug 2006. Ok for a quick browse - good for local UAE driving articles, reasonable but fairly dry car reviews, has classifieds and useful table of new car details, prices and dealer information. Web www.wheels.ae.
Cars - see Automotive and Transport
Computers and IT (Information Technology)
  • Arabian Reseller News (DIT Publishing) - IT industry magazine, monthly, free subscription from website, launched 2003, www.arn-mag.com.
  • Computer News Middle East (CPI) - international and regional news in a monthly magazine.
  • Network World Middle East (CPI) - monthly since 2000, reviews, news and explanations of networking topics.
  • PC Magazine Arabia (Arabic, DIT Publishing), website www.pcmag-arabic.com.
  • PC Magazine Middle & Near East (DIT Publishing), website www.pcmag-mideast.com.
  • PC World Middle East (CPI) - Arabic & English editions - launched November 2005, monthly, 10 dhs, consumer oriented computing magazine with news, reviews, best buys, etc.
  • Reseller World Middle East (CPI) - monthly, IT distribution channels, training, logistics.
  • Security Advisor Middle East (CPI) - monthly, enterprise level IT security focus on anti-virus protection, disaster recovery, business continuity, etc.
  • SMB Advisor Middle East (CPI) - monthly, Small & Medium Business advice from an IT perspective.
  • Storage Advisor Middle East (CPI) - monthly, news and views on information storage developments.
Business - see also Finance and Investment
  • Arabian Business - weekly, 10 dhs, business magazine for the Arab region
  • .Commerce (the dot is not a typo)
  • Forbes Arabia (Arabic) - published in Dubai since 2004 by DIT Group . Website www.forbes-arabia.com gives error (Oct 2007).
  • GO (CPI) - monthly in 2006, fortnightly in 2007, 10 dhs, targeted at young managers with content focus on marketing, finance, operations, general management. Launch in late 2006.
  • YourBusiness - business magazine targeting SME enterprises and entrepreneurs, launched October 2007, publishers DIT Group. Website www.yourbusinessmagazine.com (free subscription available - unknown for how long). Tel +971-4-3903636 (Dubai Media City) or +971-4-3356556 (Montana Building, Zabeel Rd).
Children
  • Just - magazine for Middle East parents rather than children, tel +971-4-3417500, www.just.ae, publisher Deira Printing Press. Articles divided into sections called JustFashion, JustFavorites, JustInteriors, JustPeople, JustTravel with clothes, furniture, holidays, for your kids.
  • Timeout Dubai Kids - monthly, 5 dhs, publisher ITP. Just like the normal Timeout Dubai except focused on activities, events, and resources for children. Useful listings of nurseries, shops, sports clubs and other activities etc.
Current Affairs and News magazines
Entertainment and Gossip
  • Ahlan! - weekly, 5 dhs, glossy celebrity gossip and fashion magazine (Hollywood etc), and the Dubai Diary at the back which is Dubai's equivalent of Hello! or something. The annual Ahlan Hot 100 is a list of UAE/Dubai celebrities, which surprisingly, actually manages to find 100 celebrities in Dubai. Everyone likes to publicly state they're not interested in being on the Ahlan! Hot 100 list but secretly are delighted if they are. Publisher ITP.
  • e+ - weekly supplement to the Gulf News (on Wednesdays), free or 5 dhs. Handy cinema and TV listings for the UAE. Music, theatre, concert, video, cinema, TV reviews. Hollywood and Bollywood people gossip and photos. Inoffensive.
  • OK! Middle East (CPI) - need we say anymore? Available in English and Arabic versions.
  • tabloid! (or Gulf News Tabloid) - daily supplement with the Gulf News newspaper. Hardly a magazine but has the best selection of cartoons in a UAE newspaper - Garfield, Wizard of Id, Dilbert, Andy Capp, and the superb Non Sequitur (and Alex is in the Gulf News business section). The rest of the tabloid is TV and cinema listings, star signs, crossword puzzles, and celebrity gossip and photos.
  • TAKE: 1 (CPI) - monthly film and celebrity magazine for Malayalam speaking NRIs, focus on Keralite and South Indian musicians, celebrities, film stars, actors, actresses, directors, producers.
Fashion - see also women's magazines, and men's magazines
  • Jumana - BurJuman shopping centre magazine, bi-monthly, mostly advertising for fashion shops in the Bur Juman Center, with a few fashion related and travel articles. Managing Director Victoria Hazell-Thatcher, Editorial Director Rob Orchard, tel +971-4-3642878 / +971-4-3642879, published by HOT Media Publishing tel +971-4-3642878.
  • Red Hot - clothes (men's and women's), jewellery, handbags, sunglasses, watches, perfume, beauty products. The boundary between advertisements and articles seems a bit blurry. First issue January 2009? Managing Editor Dawn Montgomery, Editor Neesha C. Salian, publisher Al Nisr Publishing, tel +971-4067440, email redhot@alnisrmedia.com. Might be a Gulf News publication or supplement?
Finance and Investment - see also Business
  • Banker Middle East (CPI) - Middle Eastern banking sector news and information. Monthly with focus on different industry and country each month - June for the UAE. First published in 2000.
  • Banking & Business Review - publisher Sterling Publications
  • Campaign Middle East (ITP) - advertising industry magazine, weekly.
  • Islamic Banking and Financial Directory (CPI) - published annually - global directory of Islamic finance institutions.
  • Islamic Business & Finance (CPI) - retail banking, investment banking, Takaful, capital markets, etc. First published November 2005. Monthly with different subject and country focus each month - November for the UAE.
  • Private Equity & Venture Capital (CPI) - monthly with different industry and country focus each month.
General
  • Advocate - marketing/advertising industry magazine.
  • Arabies Trends - also called Trends.
  • Campaign Middle East - well-respected advertising and PR publication from ITP publications. Free for media industry professionals. Disappeared in February 2007. Never to return? Who knows...
  • Communicate - another marketing/advertising publication.
  • Etc. - weekly supplement to the Emirates Today newspaper, handed out on Fridays. Fashion, movie stars, things to do in Dubai, etc. Editor Rachel Morris rmorris@awraqpublishing.com, Awraq Publishing, PO Box 500666, tel +971-4-3062222. Update: no longer published as Emirates Today morphed into Emirates Business 24-7 in December 2007.
  • Friday (or Friday Magazine) - weekly free supplement with the Gulf News newspaper on Fridays (not unexpectedly). Articles related to health, sports, cars, cooking (weekly pull-out collection of recipes), beauty, books, technology, fashion, leisure, entertainment, horoscopes. Fairly bland prose but one session on the throne should be long enough to skim through it and absorb the useful bits. Has the delightful Souk Scan with great gift ideas for people you don't like. Magazine Editor Malavika Kamaraju, website probably www.gulfnews.com, PO Box 6519, tel +971-4-3447100, fax +971-4-3441627, email friday@gulfnews.com. Publisher Al Nisr Publishing LLC.
  • Live Work Explore magazine - published by Explorer Publishing, free, bi-monthly, distributed in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, covers living in, working in, and exploring the UAE and Gulf region, targeted at expats. Email magazine@liveworkexplore.com, tel +971-4-3408805, PO Box 34275, Dubai, UAE. Website www.liveworkexplore.com/magazine/ (flick through the pages online just like a real magazine).
  • Living in the Gulf - published by Motivate Publishing for Spinneys, a supermarket chain based in Dubai. Also known as the Spinneys Magazine. Has recipies etc. Buy it at the Spinneys checkout counter for a couple of dirhams. It probably won't rock your world.
  • M - weekly magazine that comes with The National on Saturday (an Abu Dhabi newspaper). Thinner than the Friday Magazine in the Gulf News but more interesting (slightly).
  • XPRESS - weekly tabloid newspaper - see the newspapers in Dubai page.
Health, Beauty and Fitness
  • See also Sports magazines and Women's magazines sections.
  • Aquarius - monthly, free or get a subscription for 40 dhs per year, managing editor Francis Matthew, editor Sandra Diamond, +971-4-4067649, fax +971-4-3421039, email aquariusedit@alnisrmedia.com, published by Al Nisr Media FZ LLC, PO Box 6519, Dubai, UAE. beauty, fashion, fitness, nutrition, parenting, relationships, travel. An A4 size version of Connector with fewer ads and more pictures. Also has the table of contacts and workout classes in the back.
  • Connector - monthly, free, managing editor Lynda Darai, editor Jan Ritchie, published by Connector Publishing FZ LLC, offices 112 & 113, building 4, Dubai Media City, PO Box 26435, Dubai, UAE, email conector@emirates.net.ae (not connector?), tel +971-4-3902727, fax +971-4-3908058, no website? the size of a small book with lots of advertisements and the occasional article on health, Dubai living, home & garden, beauty care & make-up, children, cooking recipies, fitness and exercise, sport & leisure. Has a handy guide at the back listing all sorts of useful clubs & services with tel numbers, and a comprehensive sport and exercise activities calendar.
  • Health Journal - bi-monthly, published by Gulf Medical College in Ajman in Arabic and English, tel +971-6-7431333, email csgmc@emirates.net.ae, website www.gmchealth.com.
Home - see Property and Home
Industry
  • Climate Control Middle East (CPI) - monthly magazine for the HVAC & R industry, launched January 2006.
  • Construction Week or ConstructionWeek - often called 'Construction Weekly'. A weekly magazine / newspaper for the construction industry in the Gulf or GCC region. Subscription possibly free if you're in the construction industry.
  • H2O (CPI) - bi-monthly publication for the water and construction industry.
  • HVAC & R Directory Middle East (CPI) - annual guide launched November 2005.
  • Power Solutions Middle East (CPI) - UPS systems and generators annual directory since 2003.
  • RetailME (or Retail ME for Retail Middle East, publisher Concept Media), affiliations with Retail Week and Retail World in Europe. Website www.retailme.com
  • Showcase Dubai (Concept Media) - directory for the gold and jewellery trade in the UAE
  • Urban Planning - specialist magazine for urban planning and construction industry, launch date mid-2009? Tel +971-6-5121186.
Investment - see Finance and Investment
Lifestyle magazines - see also Entertainment & Gossip
  • Boutique 1 - quarterly? Fashion and lifestyle magazine from Boutique 1, a Dubai art gallery, cafe, bookshop, fashion store, etc. Creators Sian Tichar and Rana Salam.
  • Millionaire Magazine (or just Millionare) - every 2 months (it will take you that long to read the 200+ pages), for rich people but paupers are allowed to touch the cover under supervision, launched in 2006/2007, a UAE/GCC/Indian version of the Dutch magazine Miljonair. Subject list includes Passion & Power, Art Decor, Culinaire, Travel, Fashion & Beauty, People & Parties. Publisher Concept Media, www.millionairemagazines.com
  • STARS - monthly (almost - 10 issues per year) lifestyle magazine for rich people, publisher DIT Group.
Men's magazines

Ha ha, no chance. There's no such thing as a UAE version of Penthouse, or even FHM, although you can get the international versions of FHM and Maxim in the UAE - with certain parts painted over in black ink, and there are a handful of locally produced rags vying for your throne time ...

  • 4Men - similar to iQ magazine (not GQ) with more articles about finding a good spa and beauty center for men (no, "spa" is not a euphimism for a Dubai brothel). Trite.
  • Friday for Men - monthly, free with the Gulf News newspaper. A men's version of their weekly Friday magazine. Cars, fashion, sports, cooking ... er cuisine, and random lifestyle articles. Tame. Magazine Editor Malavika Kamaraju, publisher Al Nisr Publishing LLC (March 2007).
  • iQ - another locally produced pretender of a Men's Magazine with longer articles about spas and other topics of interest to highly testosteronised men. Banal.
Property, Real Estate and Home magazines
  • Dubai Freehold Property Guide, publisher Sterling Publications of Dubai.
  • Dubai Real Times - magazine launched 25 May 2008 by the Dubai Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA) to provide Dubai property market information including market studies, trend analyses, commentaries and expert opinions, updates on property and real estate related laws, rules and regulations. Publisher Sterling Publications of Dubai.
  • Emirates Home - monthly, 10 dhs, another glossy property magazine with enticing photos and articles of resplendent homes scattered amongst equally enticing advertisements of houses and associated accoutrements. Topics include interior design, garden, property, food and a useful directory of furniture and home accessory shops. Editor Emma Darcy, tel +971-4-2108000, website www.emirateshome.com, publisher ITP.
  • Freehold Weekly - weekly? 10 dhs, launch 05 October 2008, publisher Al Nisr Media +971-4-4067808.
  • InsideOut or Inside Out - Monthly, 15 dhs (sometimes complimentary issues available). Thick glossy coffee table magazine with photos and articles about posh properties in Dubai, the UAE and worldwide. Has a useful Buyer's Guide to property in the UAE with a table of prices, maintenance fees (most say "to be announced") and contact details. Also articles related to art and travel. A good read if you like feeling inconsequential, and it's heavy enough to press your clothes with. Managing Editor Anthony Penderis, editorial tel +971-4-4067707 / 7658 / 7819, email insideout@alnisrmedia.com, publisher Al Nisr Media FZ LLC, website www.insideoutmagazine.ae (information April 2007).
  • Property Weekly - focused on the UAE property market, published by Al Nisr Publishing (who publish the Gulf News), email propertyweekly@alnisrmedia.com. No website? Cost 2 dhs but complimentary issues often available at various locations. Each issue has a centrefold display of their building of the week pick - magazine could have been called the Penthouse of Dubai?
Real Estate - see Property and Home
Shopping and Shopping Malls

Yes, Dubai, the land of a thousand and one shopping malls, has shopping mall magazines...

  • City Beat - Ajman City Center magazine, free, quarterly, available at ACC. The magazine covers community, technology, entertainment, health & beauty. Launched February 2009.
  • City Life - Deira City Center magazine, free, quarterly, available at DCC. Lifestyle, mall events. Re-launched February 2009.
  • City Stars - Sharjah City Center magazine, free, quarterly, available at SCC. Sharjah heritage, food, health, fashion, mall events. Launched February 2009.
  • MOEments - Mall of the Emirates magazine, free, quarterly, available at MOE. Lifestyle, beauty, wellness (is that a funny way of saying health?), news, mall dining and entertainment, blah, blah, blah.
Sports
  • Middle East Golfer - small monthly golf magazine, started September 2005, subscription costs 90 dhs/year. Published by ITP Consumer Publishing Ltd, PO Box 500024, Dubai, UAE, tel +971-4-2108000, fax +971-4-2108080, email megolfer@itp.com, web www.itp.com/megolfer/.
  • Sport Extra - weekly Gulf News publication with international and UAE sports news and photos from the past week, especially cricket and football.
Women's magazines
  • Emirates Woman - monthly fashion and lifestyle magazine for women living in the Emirates (both expat and Emirati).
  • It's All About You! (And Your Life In The UAE) - magazine (free?) for families and women with information about living in the UAE, schools, fashion, food, home & garden, motoring, and so on. Published by the expatwoman.com group. Quarterly, first issue February or May 2009? Advertising and media kit from Expat Woman says "Distributed to 24000 expatriate homes every quarter, primarily via school bags in premium international schools and through ExpatWoman events ... " So non-expats and families with students at non-premium schools miss out then?

Magazine Publishers in Dubai and the UAE

  • Al Nisr Publishing LLC, PO Box 6519, Dubai, UAE. Tel +971-4-3447100, fax +971-4-3441627.
  • CPI (Corporate Publishing International) - Office 206, Level 2 Siddiqi Building (Bank Melli Iran), Khalid Bin Walid Street (Bank St), Bur Dubai, Dubai, UAE, tel +971-4-3515316, fax +971-4-3598486. Four divisions - CPI Consumer, CPI Financial, CPI Industry, CPI IT.
  • CPI Financial, Office 8 (Ground Floor), Building 4, Dubai Media City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, fax +971-4-3598486.
  • Concept Media FZ LLC, PO Box 30929, Dubai, UAE, tel +971-4-3903131, email contact@contactgroup.ae. Publications include Asian Oil & Gas, DOHMS Directory (Dubai Health Directory, first published 2006), Dubai Media City Directory, Emirates Business Pages (UAE business directory from Emirates Post), Hawk UAE Business Pages, Invest & Live in Dubai (annual directory), Millionaire, Mine Dubai (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre annual business guide), NBC Directory (Netherlands Business Council Directory - annual), Offshore Engineer, RetailME, Showcase Dubai.
  • Dabbagh Information Technology Group Ltd (DIT Group, DIT Publishing), Head of publishing is Bob Keegan
  • IDG - global publishing house, partnered with CPI in the Middle East region.
  • ITP
  • Motivate Publishing
  • Sterling Publications
Last update Monday 19-Oct-2009
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