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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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      Lt Gen Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Director General of the General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs, left, follows up on job seekers' cases. Photo: GDRFA-Dubai.
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      Florence Kadi from Kenya got her exit pass to leave the UAE. She arrived in Dubai in 2019 and worked as a housemaid, but found herself living here illegally when her residency expired in October 2021. Photo: Suhail Akram / The National
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      Thousands of people seek to legalise their stay in the Emirates

      UAESeptember 01, 2024
      Officials in the men section taking finger prints for out pass during the visa amnesty at the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs Dubai in Al Awir area in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National
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      The two-month initiative started on Sunday and is open for people with expired residency and visit visas

      UAESeptember 01, 2024
      A busy immigration centre in Dubai during a previous visa amnesty in 2018. Antonie Robertson / The National
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      Applications will be processed at centres throughout the country from Sunday

      UAEAugust 29, 2024
      A new visa amnesty is coming into effect across the UAE from September 1. Victor Besa / The National
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      The aftermath of the crash on Dubai's Hatta-Lehbab road in which a child was killed and 11 people injured. Photo: Dubai Police
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      Near-record low traffic fatalities indicate tough safety measures are having an impact

      UAEAugust 26, 2024
      Emirati Sultan Al Nahdi drove from Tokyo to Osaka to mark the end of the road trip. Photo: Sultan Al Nahdi
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      UAEAugust 23, 2024
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      UAEAugust 04, 2024
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      UAEAugust 01, 2024
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