Look past the glass skyscrapers and luxury resorts, and you'll find a modern city with ambitious sustainability goals, dubbed "The World's Most Improbable Green City" by National Geographic.

Dubai successfully launched a new strategic program to double the number of creative companies and professionals focusing on content, culture, and design for a new international rank: global capital for the creative economy.

The move includes an ambitious push in investment opportunities, tourism, city planning, and innovative ways to make Dubai the premier city for work, leisure, and lifestyle. For businesses in the city and those looking at Dubai for their next region of expansion, this plan holds a multitude of opportunities like the city has never experienced before.

In recent years, the Dubai government has increased its support of non-traditional work contracts and visas, supporting the growing gig economy like never before.

While the flexibility of working remotely has provided many companies with the ability to continue business with minimal interruption, the dramatic increase in video conferencing has led to new levels of zoom fatigue, impacting productivity and team morale.

With strong stability, access to markets, and impressive quality of life standards, Dubai remains one of the most attractive cities for savvy investors and entrepreneurs looking for a new place to expand their business setup.

With 2021 well underway, the UAE and Israel continue pushing forward with initiatives following the Abraham Accord agreement, normalizing relations between the two countries for the first time. But beyond the political veil, government entities and private businesses on both sides find themselves with new, compelling opportunities.