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  Society

  UAE shifts focus from muscular foreign policy to economic drive

  Diplomats asked to prioritise attracting investment to oil-dependent nation

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  Opinions

  An Australian in Dubai: “Just embrace the region and learn as much as you can”

  Emma and her husband landed in Dubai since one year. Working in the airline industry, this Australian expat gives us her sincere testimony about a country in constant evolution.

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  Culture

  World’s biggest lantern festival coming to Dubai from Las Vegas

  The world’s biggest lantern and music festival, Rise, will make its global debut in Dubai from Las Vegas on Friday November 8.
  Artists playing at the festival include San Francisco-based producer Tyler Pixels and Australian singer-songwriter Ry Cuming, otherwise known as Ry X.

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  Culture

  Abu Dhabi named among world’s most cultural cities

  Skyscanner ranks UAE capital second after Florence in Italy for offering arts and culture-filled holidays. Abu Dhabi has been named as one of the most cultural cities in the world in a list compiled by Skyscanner, the travel fare website.

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  Culture

  Louvre Abu Dhabi to exhibit Rembrandt and Vermeer masterpieces

  The Louvre Abu Dhabi, the first museum to carry the name outside France, has announced that it will display works by the Dutch masters Rembrandt and Vermeer this month.

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  Lifestyle

  UAE expats said to see longer term future in Dubai, Abu Dhabi

  New research shows expats are increasingly looking to complete a full working career in the UAE and then retire elsewhere.

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  Lifestyle

  British travellers warned about drinking alcohol on flights to Dubai

  British travellers have been warned that they are liable to arrest if they are found with alcohol in their blood when transiting through the United Arab Emirates. That means passengers who consume alcohol on flights to the UAE could face arrest when they land.

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  Lifestyle

  What not to do in Dubai as a tourist

  Visiting Dubai can be a perilous business, as Jamie Harron, a Briton arrested for public indecency three months ago, has discovered. According to him, it was a pure misunderstanding: he put his hand on someone to avoid spilling his drink whilst he squeezed through a crowded bar. But the furious complaint of the other man was enough for Harron to join the long list of travellers who have fallen foul of the laws and customs of a city that – for all its glitzy cosmopolitanism – is a fairly conservative, Muslim state. 

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  Lifestyle

  British travellers warned not to bring skincare or e-cigarette refills containing CBD oil into UAE

  Tourists to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been warned not to bring products containing CBD oil into the country. The UK’s Foreign Office (FCO) updated its guidance to the UAE to advise travellers that CBD, short for cannabidiol, is illegal in the UAE and should not be brought into the country.

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  Society

  Emirati becomes first Arab to reach International Space Station

  An Emirati astronaut has made history as the first Arab to reach the International Space Station (ISS), after blasting off from Kazakhstan. The Russian spacecraft carrying Hazzaa al-Mansoori of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), who was accompanied by Russia’s Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, docked on Wednesday after a six-hour trip.