Region

Residential proxies in the Middle East

Middle Eastern storefronts usually run in Arabic and English side by side, with Hebrew in Israel and Turkish in Turkey, and prices change currency at every border: dirhams, riyals, dinars, shekels and lira. Several Gulf currencies are pegged to the US dollar, so differences between Gulf storefronts mostly reflect VAT, pricing and delivery rather than exchange rates. Noon and Amazon run separate stores for the UAE and Saudi Arabia, Turkey has its own leaders in Trendyol and Hepsiburada, and Talabat shapes food delivery across much of the Gulf.

Google dominates search across the region, so ranking checks turn on language and location more than on the engine. Data-protection law is newer and more varied than in Europe: Saudi Arabia's Personal Data Protection Law, the UAE's Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021, separate regimes in free zones such as DIFC and ADGM, and Turkey's Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data each set their own rules.

Last measured: October 1, 2026