Welcome to the ejaries.ae podcast.

This series explains what tenants and landlords in Dubai need to know about Ejari — how it works, why it matters, and the problems that happen when registration is delayed or ignored.

Most people describe Ejari as the registration of a tenancy contract. That’s true, but incomplete.

Ejari is the official government registration of a tenancy through RERA under the Dubai Land Department. Once registered, the tenancy is recorded in the Ejari system and a certificate is issued.

But Ejari is not the tenancy contract itself.

The tenancy contract creates the agreement between landlord and tenant. Ejari is what officially records that agreement with the government. Those are two separat ...