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Features

Long-form journalism from inside the region
FEATURE · INVESTIGATION

The localization gap: why the world's biggest games still can't speak Arabic

Eighty-seven million players, three billion dollars — and menus that still break right-to-left. Inside the industry's most profitable blind spot.

Khaled Abdelaziz · 14 min read
FEATURE · CULTURE

From Cairo's cyber cafés to Riyadh's arenas: 25 years of play

Ehab Elsayed · 11 min
FEATURE · PROFILE

The two-person studio carrying Morocco onto consoles

Martin · 9 min
FEATURE · CRAFT

The dialect question: which Arabic should games speak?

Khaled Abdelaziz · 12 min
FEATURE · INDUSTRY

What the Saudi money actually wants

Martin · 10 min
FEATURE · CULTURE

The oud player scoring the region's most anticipated indie

Bureau contributor · 8 min
FEATURE · ESPORTS

Jeddah after midnight: a week inside the world's newest esports capital

Bureau contributor · 13 min