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BNP has to perform

It got cloudy. It really got dark. It began to rain. “You know what? This is the right weather to have smoked rice with fried fish,’’ reacted my grand...

Lebanon faces ‘perfect storm of unpredictable challenge’

Beirut: While partnering the US in its expanding war on Iran, Israel has unilaterally opened a second front against Hizbollah in Lebanon. Israel has ordered the evacuation of east...

Late twists

The 32nd Actor Awards – newly rebranded after 31 years as the Screen Actors Guild Awards – may have just shaken up what had looked like a settled Academy...

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Fatima Almheiri

Fatima has always been passionate about mental health. She has a Bachelors in International Studies with a minor in Psychology. She joined the With Hope UAE volunteer group in 2019 and she is currently head of communications.

Saibal Chatterjee

Indian national award-winning film critic

Meena Janardhan

Writer/Editor/Consultant. She has over 25 years of experience in the fields of environmental journalism and publishing.

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Crucial time

The ongoing Iran war has already caused lots of hardship to every Indian, especially the middle-class common man. No doubt, there is acute shortage of fuel and gas. But...

Global world

The current conflicts are principally in the Middle East. Yet, even in Asian countries like India, it is a melancholy situation. Small tea...

17 Mar 2026

Golden days

How times have changed. I remember I would go every week to watch Bollywood films until the Covid-19 pandemic opened the doors to...

16 Mar 2026

Family first

More than often, there are times when you are feeling frustrated with your family. Then you start thinking about living alone. But living alone is really different than how...

Incredible UAE

The way UAE residents reacted to the crisis show how much they love this country. Once the war started, residents of the way had started helping each other through...

Peaceful negotiations

I am in a state of shock to see the situation around the world. We are talking about AI, landing on Mars and exploring the moon but at the...

Great place!

I have recently arrived in Abu Dhabi from India. I have always worked in different parts of Indian cities and had never intended to leave my country but one...

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