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Tahira Yaqoob


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Student who upstaged Colin Firth is identified

21-year-old Emirati from Zayed University fainted on stage as star of The King's Speech was giving talk at Diff.

UAEDecember 16, 2010
Eider Rua took his first dance steps at 12 and is now a salsa dancing champion.
Rescued from poverty by a talent for salsa

An outstanding talent for dance took Eider Rua from a poverty-stricken background to a promising career in Dubai. He escaped drugs and gangs and now he plans to help youngsters do the same.

UAEDecember 10, 2010
Traditional dhows have plied the Gulf for centuries, laden with dates, fish and spices, but the focus in Dubai at the recent Louis Vuitton Trophy was on speed. (Matilde Gattoni / ArabianEye.com)
Dhow racing gives the world a taste of Emirati culture

Traditional dhows have plied the Gulf for centuries, laden with dates, fish and spices, but the focus in Dubai at the recent Louis Vuitton Trophy was on speed. However, racing the ancient Arab vessel still requires old-fashioned sailing skills.

LifestyleDecember 03, 2010
My Life: Tackle the to-do list

Time waits for no woman with a to-do list, so tick off a must do today.

The NationalDecember 03, 2010
Philip Cheung / The National
Style File: Sonia Irvine

The founder of the Formula One hot spot the Amber Lounge has still been playing host at the exclusive after-race club while caring for her daughters, six-month-old Katie and Megan, eight.

WellbeingNovember 10, 2010
BBC's Mishal Husain: from UAE to US to China

Mishal Husain, one of the best-known faces on BBC World News, talks about her upbringing in Abu Dhabi and her shining career in journalism.

LifestyleNovember 05, 2010
Dr Pat Kennedy makes a house call to a village 50 years ago.
How missionaries transformed Abu Dhabi healthcare

Oasis Hospital in Al Ain celebrates 50 years since it changed childbirth in Abu Dhabi forever.

HealthNovember 05, 2010
Courtesy Beverley Knight
Style file: Beverley Knight

The British soul and R&B singer Beverley Knight has sung with the likes of Prince, supported Take That on their 2006 comeback tour and now is preparing for her first performance in Abu Dhabi next week as part of the Formula One weekend.

LifestyleNovember 04, 2010
Road from Damascus
Road from Damascus

London's Edgware Road has been called the most Islamic place on the planet outside the Middle East. Tahira Yaqoob finds out why it is such a magnet for Muslims the world over and how its unique community spirit continues to thrive.

October 30, 2010
Jeff Topping / The National
Life lessons: Arnaud Palu, Majid Al Futtaim Group

Leisure boss Arnaud Palu gives his take on how to be success at work and in life.

LifestyleOctober 09, 2010
The central cooking station at Sloane's, in the Grosvenor House Hotel, Dubai offers a seemingly endless variety of iftar dishes.
Sweet, with a kick: iftar at Sloane's

The mouth-watering iftar buffet at Sloane's in the Grosvenor House hotel, Dubai, will tempt you back for refills.

HomeSeptember 01, 2010
Diana looks pensive as she and Prince Charles are greeted by Sheikh Zayed.
Diana's desert charm offensive

Feature On the 13th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, Tahira Yaqoob looks back through archive photographs to the 1989 royal visit to the UAE.

August 28, 2010
What do women want? Here's the definitive list ...

Paco Underhill's book What Women Want claims to dispel any myths about why we make the choices we make. We list our pick of top 10 demands.

UAEJuly 31, 2010
Fatiguing Facebook may finally be nearing its final chapter

Former Facebookers are, I am certain, turning to Twitter to continue posting messages about the mundanity of their drab existences.

UAEJuly 24, 2010
I don't say I won't - but I haven't said I do

'Too many weddings' grumbled my father. It wasn't the fact that the wedding season was upon us but that I was always the wedding guest and never the bride.

UAEJuly 17, 2010
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