I think its about target readership...The Local and international Arabic Press caters to the Arab readership and Most Western expats get their news from the net...Generally US educated prolific English speaking locals are seen carrying an Arab Newspaper in their Hand...So they are targeting their readers..the exact no. of circulation prints are never made public..but rumours are in the range of 20K..There is enough South Asian White collared crowd around...

Its the same with Dubai based papers..Even their columnists are mainly from the sub-continent...

www.gulfnews.com
www.khaleejtimes.com

The Saudi Arab News has 2 pages dedicated to India and total around 5 pages for South Asia...(Not reflected in the net edition)

www.arabnews.com