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      Leen Alfaisal

      Leen Alfaisal

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      Leen is a video producer and a documentary filmmaker. She has previously worked with Al Arabiya English, CNN Arabic and won awards for her documentary “The Borrowed Dress” in Dublin and Beirut. She majored in journalism in the American University in Dubai, where she also minored in Middle Eastern studies.
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      Watch rare footage from the most secretive capital in the world, Pyongyang
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      Watch rare footage from the most secretive capital in the world, Pyongyang

      North Korea's government does not like people from outside the country finding out what's going on inside it

      WorldNovember 15, 2021
      Military aircraft release flares as they perform aerial manuevers during the 2021 Dubai Airshow in the Gulf emirate on November 14, 2021. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)
      Play17:16:48
      Fighter jets and Boeing 777X take to the skies at Dubai Airshow

      Dubai Airshow 2021 is considered the first major aviation event since the Covid-19 pandemic began

      UAENovember 15, 2021
      Watch the fireworks display after Australia's T20 World Cup win
      Play7:46:50
      Watch the fireworks display after Australia's T20 World Cup win

      The sky above the Dubai International Cricket Stadium lit up to celebrate Australia's victory over New Zealand

      SportNovember 15, 2021
      IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR TISHMAN SPEYER - The partially wrapped 2021 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, a 79-foot tall, 12-ton Norway Spruce from Elkton, Md. , is lifted by a crane, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, in New York. The tree, for the first time from Maryland, will be lit on Wednesday, Dec. 1. (Diane Bondareff / AP Images for Tishman Speyer)
      Play15:15:33
      Rockefeller Centre Christmas tree arrives in New York

      This year's spruce will have more than 50,000 multicoloured lights and a 400-kilogram star with 70 spikes covered in three million crystals

      USNovember 14, 2021
      What is the Cop26 climate change deal?
      Play26:46:45
      What is the Cop26 climate change deal?

      Almost 200 countries signed off the compromise package

      Cop26November 14, 2021
      Alok Sharma (C), President of COP26 speaks during the Plenary session of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Britain, 13 November 2021. The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) runs from 31 October to 13 November 2021 in Glasgow. EPA / ROBERT PERRY
      Play14:56:42
      Cop26 president's voice breaks as he apologises for last minute deal changes

      Alok Sharma was concluding the gathering after hearing from vulnerable nations, which expressed their anger over the changes to the text

      Cop26November 14, 2021
      Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend Salute to Freedom Gala in New York
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      Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend Salute to Freedom Gala in New York

      The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended the event on the eve of Veterans Day in the US and Armistice Day in the UK

      USNovember 11, 2021
      Watch Will Smith climb up the tallest building in the world
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      Watch Will Smith climb up the tallest building in the world

      American actor and singer Will Smith has climbed up Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world

      UAENovember 11, 2021
      UAE industry minister says goal is to reduce emissions
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      UAE industry minister says goal is to reduce emissions

      Dr Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Special Envoy for Climate Change, said the goal is to reduce emissions, not lower the rate of growth and development

      Cop26November 11, 2021
      DELHI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 09: A woman takes a dip in the waters of River Yamuna, considered holy by Hindus, and perform prayer rituals amid the toxic foam caused by pollution in the water on the eve of Chhat puja festival on November 09, 2021 in Delhi, India. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee / Getty Images)
      Play12:17:25
      Hindus bathe in India's sacred Yamuna river, despite toxic foam

      Activists say the foam covering parts of the New Delhi waterway is mostly down to illegal dumping of industrial waste and untreated sewage

      WorldNovember 10, 2021
      expo fog
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      This is what Expo 2020 Dubai looks like in foggy weather

      Pavilions are barely visible in the early morning fog.

      Expo 2020November 10, 2021
      The National Aquarium in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Leen Alfaisal / The National
      Play16:40:10
      First glimpse of the Middle East's biggest aquarium, in Abu Dhabi

      The aquarium is in Al Qana, a new waterfront area in the capital, and is home to 46,000 creatures spread across 10 zones.

      UAENovember 09, 2021
      Works by artist and poet Gibran Khalil Gibran on display in Sharjah
      Play27:28:00
      Works by artist and poet Gibran Khalil Gibran on display in Sharjah

      The exhibition showcases 33 original artworks by the Lebanese artist, 15 of which have never been on display outside the museum before.

      UAENovember 09, 2021
      Sandstorm and rain hit different parts of the UAE
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      Sandstorms and rain hit parts of the UAE

      Parts of the UAE, including Dubai, Sharjah and Fujairah, were hit by sandstorms and rain on November 8.

      UAENovember 08, 2021
      An Indus river dolphin is covered with a wet towel after it was rescued from a canal by the Sindh Wildlife Department in Larkana, Pakistan, October 29, 2021. Picture taken October 29, 2021. REUTERS/Waseem Sattar NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
      Play25:09:20
      Pakistan rescues strayed dolphin and moves it to sanctuary

      The Indus dolphin is one of only four freshwater dolphin species left on Earth.

      WorldNovember 08, 2021
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