Dubai Summer Itinerary: 5 Days Indoors & Evenings

Dubai Summer Itinerary: 5 Days Indoors & Evenings

Dubai in summer is hot in a way that changes how you plan, not whether you should come. Daytime temperatures regularly sit in the low-to-mid 40s Celsius from June to September, and the winning move is simple: do your outdoor sightseeing early and late, and give the middle of the day to the city’s huge […]

Dubai Souvenir Shopping on a Budget: What to Buy

Dubai Souvenir Shopping on a Budget: What to Buy

Dubai souvenirs have two price worlds. In one, you buy a gold-plated Burj Khalifa model at the airport for the price of a nice dinner. In the other — the one this guide is about — you buy better gifts for a fraction of that in the souks, supermarkets and neighbourhood shops where residents actually […]

Dubai Entry Requirements: Passport, Visa & Rules

Dubai Entry Requirements: Passport, Visa & Rules

Most problems at Dubai immigration are decided before you ever reach the airport: a passport with too little validity left, the wrong visa category, or no return ticket booked. This guide pulls the entry requirements together in one place — the passport rule, who needs a visa in advance, what officers may ask to see, […]

Best Areas to Stay in Dubai for Solo Travellers

Best Areas to Stay in Dubai for Solo Travellers

Dubai is one of the easiest big cities in the world to travel alone. It is consistently ranked among the safest cities globally, taxis and the Metro are straightforward, and nobody looks twice at someone dining or sightseeing solo. The real question is not safety — it is fit. Solo travellers feel the wrong neighbourhood […]

Saudi Arabia Beat UAE 2-0 to Win Gulf Cup Final in Jeddah

Saudi Arabia Beat UAE 2-0 to Win Gulf Cup Final in Jeddah

Tonight is the night UAE football has been waiting eight years for. The national team face hosts Saudi Arabia in the final of the 27th Arabian Gulf Cup in Jeddah, with kick-off at 10pm UAE time (9pm in Saudi Arabia) at Alinma Stadium in King Abdullah Sports City. The UAE reached this stage with a […]

UAE Indian Schools Announce Four-Day Diwali Break

UAE Indian Schools Announce Four-Day Diwali Break

Families at Indian-curriculum schools in the UAE have a festive long break to plan around. Schools have announced a four-day Diwali holiday from October 17 to 20, with classes resuming on October 21, according to circulars reported by DXB News Network. The break applies to several major Indian-curriculum schools across Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi, […]

MICHELIN Guide Dubai 2026: Orfali Bros Promoted to Two Stars

MICHELIN Guide Dubai 2026: Orfali Bros Promoted to Two Stars

Dubai’s restaurant world gets its biggest night of the year tonight. The fifth edition of the MICHELIN Guide Dubai is revealed at a ceremony at Atlantis The Royal on Tuesday, October 6, bringing together chefs, restaurateurs and industry figures for the new selection announcement. The guide’s presence in Dubai is supported by destination partner the […]

Global Food Week Opens in Abu Dhabi, India Honoured

Global Food Week Opens in Abu Dhabi, India Honoured

Global Food Week 2026 opens today at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi and runs from October 6 to 8, bringing agriculture ministers, food producers, researchers and investors together under the theme of building scalable food futures. The event is organised by ADNEC Group in strategic partnership with the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA), […]

Reuters: FZ1073 Plot Claims and Tighter Crew Checks

Reuters: FZ1073 Plot Claims and Tighter Crew Checks

New reporting has added claimed detail to the FZ1073 investigation — and it needs careful labelling. On October 5, Reuters reported claims from officials briefed on the inquiry about how early the alleged planning began. Those claims have not been publicly confirmed by UAE or Israeli authorities, and this article treats them as reported, not […]

Dubai Schools Half-Term: Revised Dates Parents Need

Dubai Schools Half-Term: Revised Dates Parents Need

If your family booked travel around a late-October school break, check the dates again. Several Dubai private schools have moved their October half-term forward by a week to align with the UAE Ministry of Education’s unified academic calendar, and the revised break is now close: Monday, October 12 to Friday, October 16. With the weekends […]