With Dubai Arbitration Week approaching, the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (“DIAC”) will again return to the fore of discussion amongst the arbitration community. As a contribution to the debate around whether DIAC will become a leading international arbitral centre, this article sets out and compares the material provisions of the relatively new DIAC rules (“Rules”) against the rules of competitor institutions such as the ICC, LCIA, SIAC, HKIAC, CIETAC, ADCCAC, BCDR, QICCA and SCCA.