Lindsay Lohan has chosen the UAE to turn over a new leaf, and she’s starting by switching off social media.
The actress, who has been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons in the past, has in recent days erased her presence on Instagram and Twitter and have minimal interactions on Facebook. Her Instagram page currently has no photos and her bio reads: ‘Alaikum salam … Inquiries: scott@lindsaylohan.co.’
The Mean Girls star, who has been a regular visitor to the emirate to catch up with close friend and lifestyle blogger Karen Wazen Bakhazi and make-up artist Joelle Mardinian, has chosen Dubai as her base and taken to educating herself on Middle Eastern culture.
According to media reports, the actress plans to spend this year volunteering at refugee camps in Turkey and set up her own Dubai-based production company.
In a recent interview with the Daily Mail, Lohan said she was "very excited for what the new year holds". Her new management team said the actress is "in a period of renewal".
"We are extremely happy here at team Lohan, thrilled to see everyone's reactions over the next year as we have some big projects lined up," her manager, Scott Carlsen, told the Daily Mail.
Last month prior to her New Year's Eve appearance at Zero Gravity in Dubai, the actress told CNN Abu Dhabi she had fallen in love with the region.
“I’ve met amazing women [here] that are really strong and have taught me a lot … I don’t think people realise how accepted it is for a woman to be a strong woman in the UAE. It is a very appreciated thing,” Lohan said.
The actress was also rumoured to have converted to Islam after she was photographed carrying a Quran, which she said was given to her by a close friend.
She told The Sun newspaper last year she was very spiritual and was open to learning as a way to satisfy her intellectual curiosity.
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Manchester City (0) v Liverpool (3)
Uefa Champions League, quarter-final, second leg
Where: Etihad Stadium
When: Tuesday, 10.45pm
Live on beIN Sports HD
Day 1, Abu Dhabi Test: At a glance
Moment of the day Dimuth Karunaratne had batted with plenty of pluck, and no little skill, in getting to within seven runs of a first-day century. Then, while he ran what he thought was a comfortable single to mid-on, his batting partner Dinesh Chandimal opted to stay at home. The opener was run out by the length of the pitch.
Stat of the day - 1 One six was hit on Day 1. The boundary was only breached 18 times in total over the course of the 90 overs. When it did arrive, the lone six was a thing of beauty, as Niroshan Dickwella effortlessly clipped Mohammed Amir over the square-leg boundary.
The verdict Three wickets down at lunch, on a featherbed wicket having won the toss, and Sri Lanka’s fragile confidence must have been waning. Then Karunaratne and Chandimal's alliance of precisely 100 gave them a foothold in the match. Dickwella’s free-spirited strokeplay meant the Sri Lankans were handily placed at 227 for four at the close.
