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      Ali Al Shouk

      Ali Al Shouk

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      Ali is a Senior News Reporter at The National, overseeing daily news coverage in the UAE, breaking news, police, courts, crime, laws and foreign assignments. He studied chemistry in Baghdad but turned his passion for journalism into a career after the Iraq war in 2003. An Iraqi national and bilingual in Arabic and English, he worked for the Xinhua news agency and several newspapers in Iraq during one of the most dangerous and controversial periods of news coverage in the history of the Middle East. He has lived in the UAE since 2006 and worked with several English-language newspapers in the Emirates before joining The National.
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      Ibrahim Al Raesi with his children, Rashid and Hind, at Yas American Academy in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
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      UAEAugust 25, 2025
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      UAEAugust 22, 2025
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      UAEAugust 21, 2025
      The UAE is rewarding drivers who follow traffic rules on the first day back at school this month. Photo: The National
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      A heist at Wafi Mall in 2007 was linked to a group known as the Pink Panther. Photo Dubai Police
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      UAEAugust 20, 2025
      Falcon auction at ADNEC. Victor Besa / The National
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      UAEAugust 17, 2025
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      Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority is carrying out improvement work on a stretch of Emirates Road. Photo: Dubai RTA
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      UAEAugust 08, 2025
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      UAEAugust 03, 2025
      A diamond merchant has thanked Dubai Police after retrieving his jewellery. Photo: Dubai Police
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