👤 Manal Albarakati

12 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
12
2026-09-04 – 2026-10-13
Claims per article
7
81 extracted in total
Hedged claims
2%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
1,007
characters
Writes for Semafor.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Economy/Business
33%
Politics
25%
World
17%
Entertainment
8%
Other
8%
Sports
8%
Most-tagged topics
DubaiRiyadhAbu DhabiSaudi ArabiaDP WorldJeddahSaudiADAMAS

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
1 scored article; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.06 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-06 · Semafor · Politics
Gulf’s biggest port Jebel Ali waits for the war to end
34 outlets covered this event
2026-10-13 · Semafor · Entertainment
A pioneering Jeddah schoolhouse show reaches Frieze Masters in London 58 years later
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-10-13 · Semafor · Politics
How the Houthis’ Zaydi heritage influences their strikes in Iran
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-02 · Semafor · Economy/Business
Abu Dhabi-Dubai gap draws billion dollar projects
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-30 · Semafor · Politics
Saudi bundles up Hajj services on one platform
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-14 · Semafor · Economy/Business
DP World expands Africa network with new industrial park in Kenya
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-04 · Semafor
New museum reflects on Saudi's post-oil future
🔮 In November, Jeddah-born brothers Turki and Abdulrahman Gazzaz will open Post-Oil 2026 at Qatar’s design biennial. assertive
2026-09-04 · Semafor
Dimon and Dalio RSVP to Saudi's flagship investment summit
🔮 For anyone wondering whether Wall Street would still fly to Riyadh in wartime, Saudi Arabia’s flagship investment conference has published its RSVPs. assertive
2026-09-06 · Semafor
Gulf’s biggest port Jebel Ali waits for the war to end
🔮 When Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Dubai’s ruler at the time, began building Jebel Ali in the 1970s, 35 kilometers outside his city, Dubai’s merchants worried the new port would starve the one they already had. assertive
2026-09-08 · Semafor
Chinese carmaker ROX begins production in Abu Dhabi
🔮 Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund backs EV maker Lucid, whose assembly plant near Jeddah will reach full production this year, and owns CEER, the kingdom’s homegrown EV brand expected to roll out this year. assertive
2026-09-14 · Semafor
Dubai crams events delayed by the war into autumn
🔮 The twice-rescheduled Arabian Travel Market finally opens this week, while GITEX will bring 200,000 tech visitors in December. assertive
2026-10-02 · Semafor
Abu Dhabi-Dubai gap draws billion dollar projects
🔮 The new project joins others along the strip that may eventually form a megalopolis in the coming decades. assertive
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