{
  "id": 7724721,
  "title": "The Long Game: How Thierry Sabbagh built a career, and a brand, to last",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/the-long-game-how-thierry-sabbagh-built-a-career-and-a-brand-to-last",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T05:15:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/gn-focus/company-news/the-long-game-how-thierry-sabbagh-built-a-career-and-a-brand-to-last-2-1.500676254"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Thierry Sabbagh didn't set out to spend 25 years in the UAE. He arrived, worked hard, and at some point stopped being an observer and became part of the place itself. \"There is not a single dramatic moment when this happened\", he says. \"But there was definitely a day when I started to realize that in this country I'm no longer an observer, I'm actually part of the rhythm.\" That sense of belonging…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}