Dhanusha Gokulan

Asian school authorities and parents say being exempted from the Ministry of Education-prescribed holiday schedule has worked out to their benefit. Last week, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) announced that Asian schools in Dubai have been exempted from the unified calendar.

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Six-year-old Amal and her several little friends clutched on to their alphabet books loudly reciting Arabic and English letters at the fourth Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF).

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For some of the youngsters, it’s more about being comfortable than looking stylish. They say ‘branded items are better in quality’.

Hair transplant is becoming popular with people going under the surgeon’s scalpel to fix eyebrows, eye lashes and facial hair

DUBAI - Superman and Batman took a swing at Darth Vader while a Nazi zombie from Hall of Duty and a guy in a Guy Fawkes mask stood watching from a distance. From movie and television stars to Japanese Anime characters, the first day of the two-day Middle East Film and Comic Con Convention (MEFCC) was an exciting event for not just the geeks in the country.

DUBAI - Superman and Batman took a swing at Darth Vader while a Nazi zombie from Hall of Duty and a guy in a Guy Fawkes mask stood watching from a distance.

Smokers are going to smoke whatever be the prices of the cigarettes, said a few Dubai residents.

Smokers are going to smoke whatever be the prices of the cigarettes, said a few Dubai residents. Commenting on the 200 per cent increase on cigarette packets, a few residents that Khaleej Times spoke with commonly opined that increasing the price of cigarettes will cut down the habit only to a small extent.

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Smashing stereotypes that gaming is a man’s playground, 22-year-old university student Maryam Kamal plays on Age of Empires at every chance that she gets. Maryam spends most of her pocket money on gaming consoles.

Smashing stereotypes that gaming is a man’s playground, 22-year-old university student Maryam Kamal plays on Age of Empires at every chance that she gets. Maryam spends most of her pocket money on gaming consoles.