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Rib-eye steak with padron peppers. Photo: Carine

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    Egyptian actress Yasmina El Abd joins Dior in rare three-division ambassador role

  • The UAE passport is the only one from an Arab country to make it to the top 10 of the Henley Passport Index. Khushnum Bhandari / The National

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