August 2022

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

August 31, 2022n/a8 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, 2022n/a13 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, 20221n/a10 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, 2022n/a5 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, 2022n/a7 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,...

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

Food Sustainable7 restaurants serving up delicious and sustainable dishes

Community Fitness5 benefits of team sports for kids

Community‘I am proud to be an Emirati woman’

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