The question is asked constantly and the practical answer is short: MENA employers say CV where Americans say resume, and nothing about the document changes. What matters instead: two pages for professionals, one for fresh graduates, single-column ATS-safe formatting, and the Gulf header fields (visa status, nationality, location, notice period). If you are applying to academia, then the true CV form applies: publications, conferences, and no page limit. Everything else is covered in the ATS-friendly CV guide.
CV vs Resume
In the Gulf, "CV" and "resume" name the same document: a two-page professional history. The academic distinction (a CV as an exhaustive scholarly record) applies only to research and university applications. Use whichever word the job posting uses, and build the document to the same two-page, ATS-friendly standard either way.
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Adil Dahmani
Adil Dahmani is the founder of Yalliq, the AI career copilot for Arabic-speaking professionals across MENA.