Founded 2015
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The people behind Meridian.
Meridian is an independent non-profit daily covering the GCC's business, technology, and policy stories, and the global currents that shape them. We were founded in 2015 to publish the kind of regional, English-language daily analysis the Gulf has been missing: independent of any parent media group, free of advertiser direction on editorial, and written by named contributors who own the work they put their byline on.
Our writers operate under pseudonyms; their bylines reflect editorial roles rather than personal identities. The roster below is the full editorial board credited on Meridian's reporting.
Editorial board
Diego ArroyoOpinion Editor
Runs the opinion section. Commissions essays from operators, founders, and policy thinkers on democracy, work, and what the next decade demands of the Gulf and its partners.
Lena HollowaySenior Editor, Politics & World
Twenty years on the foreign desk, with the last decade reporting from capitals across the Gulf. Sets the politics and world agenda at Meridian and edits long-form analysis on policy, sanctions, and regional security.
Marcus OkaforMarkets Reporter
Previously on equities desks in London and Sao Paulo. Covers GCC capital markets, family offices, sovereign vehicles, and the deal flow between the Gulf and the rest of the world.
Priya ChenTechnology Correspondent
Writes the technology beat across AI, semiconductors, energy infrastructure, and the platform layer the region is choosing to build and own. Tracks the labs, the buyers, and the supply chains behind both.
Sara QureshiSpecial Contributor
Profiles the founders, family principals, and operators building the next economy in the GCC. Long-form interviews and on-the-record portraits of the people moving the regional balance sheet.
Founding statement
Meridian was founded in 2015 on a single bet: that there is an audience for serious, regional, English-language daily journalism about the Gulf that does not have to be filtered through a press release or written from ten time zones away. The next decade of GCC industry will be built by family offices, mid-market operators, founders, and policy makers whose decisions deserve to be reported with the texture of someone actually paying attention. That is the publication we set out to build.
We answer to readers, not sponsors. We disclose conflicts in pieces where they exist. We correct mistakes openly. We do not publish anonymous press releases as news. Read more in our standards, ethics, and corrections pages.
Contact
Reach the newsroom at our contact page or email [email protected].