Beer

Taboo to brew: conservative Gulf gets first local beer

Alcohol sales are heavily restricted in Oman and Qatar and are outright banned in Kuwait, and in Sharjah, one of the UAE's seven emirates and a neighbour to cosmopolitan Dubai.

World Cup fans 'can survive' without beer: FIFA chief

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Saturday that World Cup fans can survive for three hours a day without beer after sales were banned around stadiums.

Imran Tahir says Ramadan won't put him in a spin

When Ramadan starts, Imran Tahir will begin juggling the demands of observing his Muslim faith and playing a full day of international cricket for a team sponsored by a beer company.

Saudi police confiscate 48,000 beer cans masked as soft drinks

Saudi custom officials and law enforcing personnel stopped a smuggler who tried to bring nearly 48,000 cans of beer disguised as Pepsi cans into Saudi Arabia.

May 14, 2024
May 14, 2024

Taboo to brew: conservative Gulf gets first local beer

Alcohol sales are heavily restricted in Oman and Qatar and are outright banned in Kuwait, and in Sharjah, one of the UAE's seven emirates and a neighbour to cosmopolitan Dubai.

November 19, 2022
November 19, 2022

World Cup fans 'can survive' without beer: FIFA chief

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Saturday that World Cup fans can survive for three hours a day without beer after sales were banned around stadiums.

June 3, 2016
June 3, 2016

Imran Tahir says Ramadan won't put him in a spin

When Ramadan starts, Imran Tahir will begin juggling the demands of observing his Muslim faith and playing a full day of international cricket for a team sponsored by a beer company.

November 14, 2015
November 14, 2015

Saudi police confiscate 48,000 beer cans masked as soft drinks

Saudi custom officials and law enforcing personnel stopped a smuggler who tried to bring nearly 48,000 cans of beer disguised as Pepsi cans into Saudi Arabia.

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