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A Dubai property tycoonâ€™s $10 billion plan to save Afghanistan

More than 700 million people around the world lack access to clean water. Nick Donaldson / Getty Images

Weekend EssayHow Gulf scientists are helping solve the worldâ€™s growing water crisis

Nascent technologies to address the regionâ€™s water shortage have applications as far as the Arctic

Historic ties to the US crumble in small Quebec town amid Trump threats

Gold Plated: How a safety vault on Park Lane became London's latest must have

Dubai naturalist has gecko named in his honour

Postcard from GazaSpending the holy month in the ruins of war

Video

Kurdish smugglers bringing death to shores of Europe

Investigation uncovers criminal network stretching from Ranya in Iraqi Kurdistan to Caerphilly in Wales

In focus

The lobby of the InterContinental Dubai in 1975. Photo: Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Deira Creek

TimeframeWhen Dubaiâ€™s first five-star hotel opened in 1975

Zeina Balaa, left, and Rima Semaan are the creators behind Zein, a doll designed to encourage thoughtfulness and compassion. Chris Whiteoak / The National

UAE mothers launch Ramadan doll to teach children about kindness and compassion

Quiz of the week

Find out how well youâ€™ve kept up with the news of the past seven days

The writer with her mother, Eliana. Fatima Al Mahmoud / The National

ColumnI'm a strong independent woman until I need my mother

Lebanese drama Bil Dam has been a popular series during Ramadan. Photo: MBC

Six Ramadan shows not to miss before the end of the holy month

Al Diwan is Burj Al Arab's first Ramadan tent. Photo: Jumeirah Hotels

What it's like to have iftar and suhoor at Burj Al Arab's first Ramadan tent

Ithin, the Arabic word for permission, has many bureaucratic uses

Arabic word of the weekThe word for permission has deeper meanings

The lobby of the InterContinental Dubai in 1975. Photo: Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Deira Creek

TimeframeWhen Dubaiâ€™s first five-star hotel opened in 1975

Zeina Balaa, left, and Rima Semaan are the creators behind Zein, a doll designed to encourage thoughtfulness and compassion. Chris Whiteoak / The National

UAE mothers launch Ramadan doll to teach children about kindness and compassion

Quiz of the week

Find out how well youâ€™ve kept up with the news of the past seven days

The writer with her mother, Eliana. Fatima Al Mahmoud / The National

ColumnI'm a strong independent woman until I need my mother

Lebanese drama Bil Dam has been a popular series during Ramadan. Photo: MBC

Six Ramadan shows not to miss before the end of the holy month

Al Diwan is Burj Al Arab's first Ramadan tent. Photo: Jumeirah Hotels

What it's like to have iftar and suhoor at Burj Al Arab's first Ramadan tent

Ithin, the Arabic word for permission, has many bureaucratic uses

Arabic word of the weekThe word for permission has deeper meanings

The lobby of the InterContinental Dubai in 1975. Photo: Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Deira Creek

TimeframeWhen Dubaiâ€™s first five-star hotel opened in 1975

Multimedia

Netflixâ€™s Adolescence: the uncomfortable truth about online culture

Culture BitesThe uncomfortable truth about online culture

Iranians light fireworks during the Wednesday Feast, or Chaharshanbeh Soori, held annually before the spring holiday of Nowruz, in Tehran. AFP

Pictures of the weekNowruz celebrations to the Emirati floating field hospital

The ruins of Salim Abu Muslim Mosque in Gaza. AFP

Beyond the HeadlinesIs there still hope for Gazaâ€™s shattered ceasefire?

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Today's cartoonCartoon for March 22, 2025

Money

The Damac Hills community in Dubai. Strong market fundamentals are driving property growth in the emirate. Antonie Robertson / The National

UAE Propertyâ€˜Is now a good time to buy real estate in Dubai or will the market soften soon?â€™

The main driver for the current growth is population expansion with no downturn expected until 2026 or 2027

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Air pollution in the UAE has improved in the past year, a study has shown. The National

Genetic variant triples health risks from pollution for some in the UAE

The project reimagines the cityâ€™s lost heritage, transforming the functional architecture of doors into sculptural monuments engraved on both sides. Photo: Louis-Cyprien Rials

Postcard from MosulThe conceptual art project unlocking the past to heal present wounds

Protesters in New York call for the release of Palestinian activist and former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil. Reuters

Special reportHow Columbia University became 'ground zero' in the battle for free speech in the US

EPA/Nick Donaldson

Weekend EssaySyriaâ€™s challenges on its path towards unity

Demonstrators hold placards and wave Algerian national flags during a rally in Paris in support of an opposition movement in Algeria. AFP

â€˜Iâ€™m a teacher, my friend here is a company CEOâ€™: French Algerians want respect

The planned 100,000-seat stadium, which Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has promised would be the 'world's greatest' football ground

Out with the Old Trafford - but will Manchester United's new stadium be a game-changing substitute?

Air pollution in the UAE has improved in the past year, a study has shown. The National

Genetic variant triples health risks from pollution for some in the UAE

The project reimagines the cityâ€™s lost heritage, transforming the functional architecture of doors into sculptural monuments engraved on both sides. Photo: Louis-Cyprien Rials

Postcard from MosulThe conceptual art project unlocking the past to heal present wounds

Protesters in New York call for the release of Palestinian activist and former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil. Reuters

Special reportHow Columbia University became 'ground zero' in the battle for free speech in the US

EPA/Nick Donaldson

Weekend EssaySyriaâ€™s challenges on its path towards unity

Demonstrators hold placards and wave Algerian national flags during a rally in Paris in support of an opposition movement in Algeria. AFP

â€˜Iâ€™m a teacher, my friend here is a company CEOâ€™: French Algerians want respect

The planned 100,000-seat stadium, which Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has promised would be the 'world's greatest' football ground

Out with the Old Trafford - but will Manchester United's new stadium be a game-changing substitute?

Air pollution in the UAE has improved in the past year, a study has shown. The National

Genetic variant triples health risks from pollution for some in the UAE

The project reimagines the cityâ€™s lost heritage, transforming the functional architecture of doors into sculptural monuments engraved on both sides. Photo: Louis-Cyprien Rials

Postcard from MosulThe conceptual art project unlocking the past to heal present wounds