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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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      Dubai Police answered a man's plea by preparing a special video for his nephew Adam featuring three of the world's best police cars — the Lamborghini Urus, Audi R8, and the Aston Martin, the Vantage model of which is pictured. Photo: Dubai Media Office
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      Dubai Police fulfil dream of Irish boy after cancer diagnosis

      The force prepared a personalised video showing its Lamborghini Urus, Audi R8 and Aston Martin cars

      UAEJuly 19, 2022
      The Emirati in his Maastricht doughnut shop. Photo: screen grab
      Video of Emirati who runs a doughnut shop in the Netherlands goes viral

      Interview with Sharjah man in Maastricht has been viewed more than 370,000 times

      UAEJuly 18, 2022
      Ali Malbari with a selection of dates on sale at Souq Al Jubail. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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      Sharjah date festival celebrates UAE's national fruit

      Traders sell hundreds of kilograms of dates each day at bustling souq during annual event

      HeritageJuly 16, 2022
      A marriage certificate with attestation from MoFAIC and showing the UAE seal. Sarah Forster / The National
      Service for attesting documents in the UAE to change from Monday

      The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation will move the process online and close its happiness centres

      UAEJuly 15, 2022
      Royal Oman Police look for the victims at Mughsayl Beach in the Dhofar region. Photo: Oman News Agency
      Family devastated after Dubai expat and children drown off Oman beach

      Shashikant Mhamane drowned while trying to rescue young Shruti and Shreyas

      UAEJuly 14, 2022
      Six people were killed after their vehicle collided with a lorry in Ras Al Khaimah. Pawan Singh / The National
      Six people killed in traffic accident in Ras Al Khaimah

      Police said a vehicle travelling at high speed was involved in a crash with a lorry on Wednesday

      UAEJuly 13, 2022
      Police said the biker, an Arab in his 20s, jumped a red light at the Mall of Umm Al Quwain intersection. Photo: Umm Al Quwain Police
      Motorcyclist dies in head-on collision in Umm Al Quwain

      The biker jumped a red light and steered against the flow of traffic

      UAEJuly 13, 2022
      Police have also put up public notices in some Dubai areas that alert intruders to the presence of security cameras. Photo: Silvia Razgova / The National
      UAE police say posting holiday photos could lead to break-ins

      Dubai Police have a free home security service for people who are travelling

      UAEJuly 13, 2022
      Two people were killed in a road accidents on the first day of Eid Al Adha in Dubai. Photo: Dubai Police
      Two killed in Dubai road accidents during Eid Al Adha

      Nine accidents were recorded in during the holy break

      UAEJuly 12, 2022
      Hajj pilgrims use smart gates at Dubai Airport. The facial-recognition smart gates eliminate the need for identification documents at different points in the airport. Photo: GDFRA
      More than 800 pilgrims return to Dubai after Hajj

      Travellers are assisted with check-out, immigration and security procedures at the airport

      UAEJuly 12, 2022
      Artists performing during the Eid Al Adha festival held at Al Sajja Labour Park in Sharjah. Labourers were getting free eye check-up, entering in the raffle draw and enjoying the food stall and entertainment during the Eid Al Adha festival. Pawan Singh / The National
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      Thousands of blue-collar workers attend Eid Al Adha festival in Sharjah

      Al Sajaa Labour Park event offers free medical tests for labourers

      UAEJuly 12, 2022
      Ahmed Al Dahmani, 17, has topped the exam table for pupils in Ras Al Khaimah. Now the young Emirati Emirati aims to walk again and train as a lawyer. Pawan Singh / The National
      Emirati pupil of determination gets top exam score in Ras Al Khaimah

      Ahmed Al Dahmani uses a wheelchair after two childhood accidents left him unable to walk

      UAEJuly 12, 2022
      JERUSALEM - OCTOBER 9: Al-Makassed Islamic Charitable Society Hospital also known as resisters' hospital is in danger of closing due to its debts, Jerusalem. (Photo By Salih Zeki Fazlioglu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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      East Jerusalem hospital saved by UAE's $25m donation, says chief doctor

      Al Makassed's general director says $25m pledged by President Sheikh Mohamed will give the 250-bed clinic a new lease of life

      GovernmentJuly 12, 2022
      People pray at Al Farooq Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque on Eid Al Adha. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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      Worshippers line up at mosques to perform Eid Al Adha prayers

      Family members gather to greet each other and pray together

      UAEJuly 09, 2022
      Dubai Police officers in 2020 prepare to fire a cannon in Al Mankhool area of Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National
      Dubai Police cannons ready to mark Eid Al Adha

      One cannon will be placed at Zabeel Grand Mosque and the other at Al Mankhool Prayer Ground

      UAEJuly 07, 2022
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