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Survey: Hygiene standards in UAE below satisfactory

Survey: Hygiene standards in UAE below satisfactory

The Arab Hygiene Council (AHC) conducted a survey across London, New York, New Delhi, Dubai and Johannesburg, and the findings come as something of a warning for the emirate.

A house of visual art of yore and its devices

A house of visual art of yore and its devices

Exhibiting peep boxes, magic lanterns and megalethoscope, Dubai Moving Image Museum at Tecom is a must-see for children and adults

This medical student in Chicago is reinventing the humble thali

This medical student in Chicago is reinventing the humble thali

A tête-à-tête with Sheil Shukla - and a plant-based chef who loves plating vegetarian dishes for Instagram

4 decades of memories: KT photographers rewind

4 decades of memories: KT photographers rewind

Ringing up the photographers and hearing their tales of the 80s is a joy in itself.

Russian Food: Hearty, simple and filling

Russian Food: Hearty, simple and filling

The best of Russian cuisine here in Dubai

My Kind of Community: Russians

My Kind of Community: Russians

More than 40,000 of them live here, lured by the sea, sunshine and the good life

A brush with car calligraphy

A brush with car calligraphy

An artist lends her freestyle calligraphic touch to a fancy new white car.

Cloud seeding : Making it rain

Cloud seeding : Making it rain

If you were among the thousands caught by surprise - minus umbrella - in the unseasonal downpours last fortnight wondering what is going on with the weather, you are not alone.

Remembering Farooq Sheikh

Remembering Farooq Sheikh

A qualified lawyer who acted in his first film for free, Farooq Sheikh played roles that made people want to be born in a different time and place

20:30 the hour for change

20:30 the hour for change

A joke among people from emerging economies goes like this: given the power cuts, every hour in my country is earth hour.