Working with CloudLink in the Middle East & GCC
Ten markets, three data-protection regimes in the UAE alone, and a working week that changed recently in several of them. This page sets out the operating facts per market — regulator, residency rule, in-country cloud regions, currency and business-hour overlap — so you can tell before a call whether the arrangement fits.
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Business hours are the overlap between a 09:00–18:00 day in each market and the same day in Casablanca. A dash means we do not have a verified value — not that none exists.
| Market | Overlap with Casablanca | Working week | Delivery languages | Data-protection regime | Cloud regions | Currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria Algérie / الجزائر | 9h · 09:00–18:00 Casablanca | Sunday-Thursday | French, Arabic, English | ANPDP Loi n° 18-07 du 10 juin 2018 relative à la protection des personnes phys | served from AWS eu-west-3 AWS eu-south-1 Azure France Central | DZD |
| Bahrain مملكة البحرين | 7h · 09:00–16:00 Casablanca | Sunday-Thursday | Arabic, English | PDPA Personal Data Protection Law (Law No. 30 of 2018) | AWS me-south-1 | BHD |
| Egypt مصر | 8h · 09:00–17:00 Casablanca | Sunday-Thursday | Arabic, English | PDPC Personal Data Protection Law No. 151 of 2020 (executive regulations issu | served from AWS me-south-1 AWS me-central-1 Azure UAE North | EGP |
| Jordan الأردن | 7h · 09:00–16:00 Casablanca | Sunday-Thursday | Arabic, English | Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship (personal data protection unit), overseen by the Personal Data Protection Council chaired by the Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship Personal Data Protection Law No. 24 of 2023 (published 17 September 2023 | served from AWS me-south-1 AWS me-central-1 Azure UAE North | JOD |
| Kuwait دولة الكويت | 7h · 09:00–16:00 Casablanca | Sunday-Thursday | Arabic, English | CITRA Data Privacy Protection Regulation (DPPR), issued by CITRA — a sectoral | served from AWS me-central-1 AWS me-south-1 GCP me-central2 | KWD |
| Oman سلطنة عُمان | 6h · 09:00–15:00 Casablanca | Sunday-Thursday | Arabic, English | MTCIT Personal Data Protection Law (Royal Decree No. 6/2022), with Executive R | served from AWS me-central-1 Azure uaenorth AWS me-south-1 | OMR |
| Qatar دولة قطر | 7h · 09:00–16:00 Casablanca | Sunday-Thursday | Arabic, English | NCSA Law No. 13 of 2016 Concerning Personal Data Privacy Protection (PDPPL) | GCP me-central1 Azure qatarcentral | QAR |
| Saudi Arabia المملكة العربية السعودية | 7h · 09:00–16:00 Casablanca | Sunday-Thursday | Arabic, English | SDAIA Personal Data Protection Law, Royal Decree M/19 of 2021 (as amended by R | GCP me-central2 OCI me-riyadh-1 OCI me-jeddah-1 | SAR |
| Tunisia Tunisie / تونس | 9h · 09:00–18:00 Casablanca | Monday-Friday | French, Arabic, English | INPDP Loi organique n° 2004-63 du 27 juillet 2004 portant sur la protection de | served from AWS eu-south-1 AWS eu-west-3 Azure France Central | TND |
| United Arab Emirates الإمارات العربية المتحدة | 6h · 09:00–15:00 Casablanca | Monday-Friday | English, Arabic | Federal Authority for Artificial Intelligence and Data Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data (PD | AWS me-central-1 Azure uaenorth Azure uaecentral | AED |
All 44 pages in the Middle East & GCC
Grouped by market. Arabic and French pages are marked in their own language.
the Middle East & GCC-wide
Algeria (1)
Egypt (4)
Qatar (3)
Saudi Arabia (8)
Tunisia (1)
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