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Gaza Aid Delays, Mumtalakat Earnings, UAE Trade Resilience, Mubadala’s $2B Sale

On today’s episode of the Smashi Business Show, Abdul Majid Awan breaks down four major stories shaping business across the region. We look at why the Trump-backed Gaza reconstruction board remains stalled despite billions in pledges, Bahrain’s Mumtalakat reporting an 87 percent jump in earnings driven by McLaren and Alba, the UAE’s trade response to regional disruption as outlined by Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi at GLOBSEC Forum 2026, and Mubadala raising nearly $2 billion through the sale of GlobalFoundries shares. From sovereign wealth to geopolitics and global trade, here’s your essential roundup…

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