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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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      Jobseekers at the UAE Careers Fair. Photo: Chris Whiteoak / The National
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      Young Emiratis explore private-sector job opportunities

      Young citizens say support to develop skills is more important than salary when starting out in a career

      UAESeptember 20, 2022
      Emirati footballer Mohammed Al Daheri during a training session with Al Diwaniya football club in Iraq. Photo: Mohammed Al Daheri
      Emirati footballer heads to Iraq's Premier League

      The 31-year-old will play for Al Diwaniya Club

      FootballSeptember 20, 2022
      The risks posed to online gamers by extremist groups was on the agenda at a forum held at Dubai's Museum of the Future. Pawan Singh / The National
      Extremists exploiting online games to spread 'fear and hate', Dubai forum told

      Cybercrime chief urges parents to supervise gaming activity

      UAESeptember 20, 2022
      Zakir Khan, an artist and Sheikh Hamdan's super fan made first hand craved wax statue
      Indian artist creates life-size wax statue of son's idol Sheikh Hamdan

      Zakir Khan spent 38 days carving the detailed statue, which was made using 120kg of wax and is more than 1.7 metres tall

      UAESeptember 17, 2022
      Police arrest two men after armed robberies in Ras Al Khaimah. Photo: Ras Al Khaimah Police
      Ras Al Khaimah Police arrest two suspects after armed robberies at grocery stores

      A 77-second video circulated online shows two men threatening the shop cashier with meat cleavers

      CourtsSeptember 16, 2022
      Shoppers at a retail outlet in Abu Dhabi. Tourists will no longer be required to carry paper invoices to claim VAT refunds. Khushnum Bhandari/ The National
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      UAE introduces paperless tax refund system for tourists

      The amount of VAT refunds claimed by visitors is up 104.15 per cent this year

      UAESeptember 15, 2022
      Dubai Police arrested hundreds of beggars and more than 1,200 illegal street vendors in six months. Jeff Topping / The National
      Dubai Police arrest 1,287 illegal street vendors for touting watches, phones and tobacco

      Officers urge the public to report vendors and beggars to help to tackle the outlawed trade

      UAESeptember 15, 2022
      Dubai Criminal Court issued the guilty verdict on September 6, giving the men 15 days in which to launch any appeal. AFP
      Trio jailed in Dubai for kidnapping and torturing man over debt

      The Pakistani men will be deported after finishing their prison sentence

      CourtsSeptember 14, 2022
      Failure to keep a safe distance caused multiple vehicles to crash into one another on Sheikh Zayed Road on Saturday. Dubai Police
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      Dubai Police fine 7,600 motorists for stopping on roads

      About 7,600 drivers fined for the offence, which has led to three deaths this year

      UAESeptember 12, 2022
      Santhoshi was diagnosed with a hole in her heart shortly after being born. Photo: Rohan Bhattacharjee
      Baby with holes in her heart undergoes life-saving surgery in Dubai

      The Al Jalila Foundation funded baby Santhoshi's Dh60,000 open-heart surgery

      UAESeptember 12, 2022
      People pack relief kits and food supplies for people affected by the floods in Pakistan, at Sharjah Expo Centre. Issa Alkindy for The National
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      Hundreds gather across UAE to pack donations for Pakistan

      Emiratis and residents come together in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah to send off food supplies and relief kits

      UAESeptember 10, 2022
      Fire damage to a building in Barsha Heights, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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      Extensive damage to Barsha Heights tower after late night blaze

      Videos taken by nearby residents show roof of Al Meer tower ablaze

      UAESeptember 07, 2022
      Charlotte Oswald found learning to drive in Dubai challenging. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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      How to exchange your country's driving licence for a UAE version

      Abu Dhabi and Dubai have specific procedures

      UAESeptember 07, 2022
      New visa rules for visitors to the UAE will simplify the arrival process. Photo: Dubai Airports
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      The 10 visas for entry to the UAE explained

      Biggest overhaul of the visa residency system in years makes it easier for people to visit and explore job opportunities

      UAESeptember 05, 2022
      Unnikrishnan Govinad (centre) with his wife and family members inside the Sustainability pavilion at Expo City Dubai. Photo: Ruel Pableo / The National
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      Visitors who missed world's fair awestruck by Dubai Expo City

      Return visitors said the new, pedestrianised neighbourhood stoked fond memories of Expo 2020 Dubai

      Expo 2020September 03, 2022
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