August 2021

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Community SustainableUAE wins Venice Biennale prize for sustainable cement alternative

August 31, 2021n/a11 min

The National Pavilion UAE has earned a top architecture prize in Venice for a “bold experiment” that uses a byproduct of desalination to change the way one of the world’s most energy-intensive compounds is made. When the Biennale Architecture 2021 jury awarded the Golden Lion Award to Wetland out of 60 pavilions vying for the prize, the panel’s president, Kazuyo Sejima, a Pritzker prize laureate, called it “a bold experiment that encourages us to think about the relationship...

by Nadine Kamal

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Community MindfulnessWhy schools must be more ‘trauma-informed’ in a post-Covid environment

August 31, 2021n/a15 min

Prior to the pandemic, the best place to positively impact young people outside the home was school. After all, that is where children typically spent most of their time. With the return of more face-to-face learning this fall, it is expected that many children, once again, will be spending more time with their teachers and classroom assistants than with their own parents in the comfort — and sometimes discomfort — of home. Let’s face it:...

by Tamara Clarke

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Community Fitness7 extra-curricular activities for kids in Abu Dhabi

August 30, 2021n/a9 min

Extra-curricular sports activities are back on in Abu Dhabi after authorities cancelled them in the wake of the pandemic 18 months ago. And that includes all sports in and out of schools, meaning the capital’s children can get back to two of the pursuits that make humans healthiest: moving and playing. A slam dunk “Very often, people forget how important physical activity is, but during this pandemic the importance of PE was felt around the...

by Ann Marie McQueen

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CommunityEmirati Women’s Day: ‘We are strong and achieve so much.’

August 29, 2021n/a11 min

We spoke to three influential Emirati women, all who participated in the What She Said speaker series at W Abu Dhabi- Yas Island, about the spirit of Emirati Women’s Day. We asked them four important questions about where they are right now, where they want to go, and how they see their lives compared to the way their mothers lived — and what responsibility they have for the women who follow their lead. Captain Salma...

by Ann Marie McQueen

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HealthGot tech neck? NeckDoctor and 6 other fixes for your pain

August 29, 2021n/a22 min

We are a world in pain — and a lot of it is in our neck. You don’t have to be tied to a computer or a phone all day to feel this, even if most of us are, whether by job or by choice — or both. According to the latest World Digital Report, released in March, the average UAE resident spent seven hours and 24 minutes online every day in 2020. That was slightly...

Community SustainableUAE wins Venice Biennale prize for sustainable cement alternative

Community MindfulnessWhy schools must be more ‘trauma-informed’ in a post-Covid environment

Community Fitness7 extra-curricular activities for kids in Abu Dhabi

CommunityEmirati Women’s Day: ‘We are strong and achieve so much.’

HealthGot tech neck? NeckDoctor and 6 other fixes for your pain

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