August 2022

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Community FitnessMeet the first Emirati woman to compete in a camel race

August 31, 20228 min

Khawla Al Balooshi made history last year when she became the first Emirati woman to compete in an official camel race alongside men, only months after she started riding. The 28-year-old is an avid surfer, diver, climber and hiker. She worked as a senior analyst in the Strategy Department in the Department of Economy and Tourism in Dubai and began training in camel racing in August 2021 through the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Heritage Center. She...

by Mark Lomas

Food Sustainable7 restaurants serving up delicious and sustainable dishes

August 30, 202213 min

‘Sustainable’ has shifted from a buzzword to a way of life for many people in the UAE, with many choices about where to travel, what to wear and where to shop made through an environmental lens — and increasingly that extends to restaurants, too. While residents may have long sought to make sustainable food choices through grocery purchases, the options to dine out sustainably have noticeably widened in recent years. Check out these restaurants and...

by Tamara Clarke

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Community Fitness5 benefits of team sports for kids

August 29, 2022110 min

Miranda Parchoma, a physical education teacher in Abu Dhabi, is a major advocate for balancing academics with individual and team sports for optimal student life. “When it comes to team sports, there are so many invaluable skills learned that are very difficult to learn in any other scenario,” she explains. Team sports give children a physical outlet as well as the chance to develop socially, mentally and emotionally. Student athletes who participate in team sports are proven...

by Eman Alhosani

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Community‘I am proud to be an Emirati woman’

August 28, 20225 min

The late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan said: “The role of women is no less than that of men, and today’s students are the mothers of the future”. The UAE has remained steadfast in Sheikh Zayed’s intention to support and empower women in various fields. Education was a key factor in that plan, opening the doors of work and creating diverse environments for women to engage in. Sheikh Zayed’s wife, Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak,...

by Eman Alhosani

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CommunityTikTok gets Arabic creators to promote family safety features

August 26, 20227 min

TikTok Mena enlisted former Lebanese professional basketball player Fadi Al-Khatib and Egyptian beauty blogger Lugina Salah to produce a series of Arabic tutorials aimed at helping parents keep their children safe on the app. The #SaferForYou videos walk parents through the Family Safety Mode feature, which allows parents to monitor, control and restrict their children’s direct messages and set limits on the types of content they see. And using a new feature revealed in June,...

by Mark Lomas

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Community HealthIs the Middle East ready to embrace menstrual leave?

August 25, 2022326 min

In May, the Spanish government approved a law granting paid medical menstrual leave for women who suffer from severe period pain. The decision, which makes Spain the first European country to offer this kind of leave at a state level, made headlines globally and boosted lobbying efforts in other nations around the world. Spanish Equality Minister Irene Montero proudly pronounced that “periods will no longer be taboo”, adding that there would be “no more going...

by Ann Marie McQueen

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Community Mental HealthThe one dating question the Dubai Matchmaker wants you to ask

August 24, 202216 min

Christiana Maxion, aka The Dubai Matchmaker, is re-writing the blueprint of the Dubai dating-verse, helping men and women attract their ideal partner. The 33-year-old got her start in finance, has her master’s in education and even taught kindergarten before becoming a mentor and trainer for other educators. During the pandemic she started offering dating advice via Instagram, and now she has a full-fledged business that is all about coaching people in empowered dating, honoring yourself...

by Nadine Kamal

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Community HealthTaking cues from declining US college enrollment

August 23, 202210 min

Billionaire businessman and philanthropist Mark Cuban predicted a major disruption to the traditional high-cost model of North American higher education more than ten years ago. According to Cuban, even a tiny drop in enrollment would have a big impact on a US$40,000-a-year university. According to calculations, a loss of only 1,000 students would put a university a harrowing 40 million dollars a year short. “Higher education is a business that doesn’t know it’s going out...

by livehealthymag.com

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Mental HealthAdvice for helping ‘Covid babies’ start school

August 22, 20228 min

Parents are being urged to be aware of the warning signs in new school starters, aka “Covid babies”, who may experience bed-wetting, clinginess and crying spells as they navigate their emotions and new environment, according to Anthony Nhlapo, clinical psychologist at Priory Wellbeing Centre, Dubai. Many children and teens have or will experience social and separation anxiety as they head back to school, but for those children who have never been to school, one UAE psychologist...

by Reeneh Yousef

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Mental Health‘I use EFT to clear fear’

August 19, 202210 min

Dr Rasha Al-Dabaan is a certified coach in Saudi Arabia who specializes in the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) — aka tapping — and has a passion for mindfulness and breathing. She chose her field while searching of peace and security in her life so that she could deal with difficult situations more comfortably, and then focused her skills to help people get through their dentist visits, particularly children. She joined The Livehealthy Arabic Podcast to explain...

by Devinder Bains

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HealthHow to use the summer heat to your fitness advantage

August 18, 202216 min

The UAE summer is upon us, and with temperatures over the 40 degree Celsius mark, the last thing you probably want to do is go outside for your workout. But that extra sweaty exercise session might have more benefits to your training regime and overall health and fitness than you think. “The main benefit we get from heat training is an increase in blood volume,” explains InnerFight Sport science and endurance coach Tom Walker. “This...

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