• Empty roads in Dubai Marina in mid-April. 24 hour restrictions on leaving home which were in place since March were eased for Ramadan, allowing people to leave home from 6am to 10pm. Pawan Singh / The National
    Empty roads in Dubai Marina in mid-April. 24 hour restrictions on leaving home which were in place since March were eased for Ramadan, allowing people to leave home from 6am to 10pm. Pawan Singh / The National
  • A pedestrian wearing a mask crosses the main street on Palm Jumeirah in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National
    A pedestrian wearing a mask crosses the main street on Palm Jumeirah in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National
  • A police barrier stands in front of Atlantis Hotel, one of the largest hotels in the country. Pawan Singh / The National
    A police barrier stands in front of Atlantis Hotel, one of the largest hotels in the country. Pawan Singh / The National
  • The tunnel underneath the palm is usually packed with traffic on a Friday. Pawan Singh / The National
    The tunnel underneath the palm is usually packed with traffic on a Friday. Pawan Singh / The National
  • A solitary shopper walks past the yachts quay at Dubai Marina. Pawan Singh / The National
    A solitary shopper walks past the yachts quay at Dubai Marina. Pawan Singh / The National
  • A resident looks out from his apartment building in Dubai Marina. Pawan Singh / The National
    A resident looks out from his apartment building in Dubai Marina. Pawan Singh / The National
  • A security guard takes the body temperature of a delivery driver in the Al Furjan suburb. Pawan Singh / The National
    A security guard takes the body temperature of a delivery driver in the Al Furjan suburb. Pawan Singh / The National
  • Talabat delivery drivers, who have permission to operate at all times of day, collect their orders in Dubai Marina. Pawan Singh / The National
    Talabat delivery drivers, who have permission to operate at all times of day, collect their orders in Dubai Marina. Pawan Singh / The National
  • A sign in Fujairah urges people to 'stay home' as people do their shopping. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    A sign in Fujairah urges people to 'stay home' as people do their shopping. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • A Dubai Police officer stops the vehicles and checks for permit to leave home near Dubai's Madinat Jumeirah. Pawan Singh / The National
    A Dubai Police officer stops the vehicles and checks for permit to leave home near Dubai's Madinat Jumeirah. Pawan Singh / The National
  • A man has his body temperature reading taken upon arriving at the police station of Naif in Dubai. AFP
    A man has his body temperature reading taken upon arriving at the police station of Naif in Dubai. AFP
  • The closed open air gym at Skydive Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
    The closed open air gym at Skydive Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • Dibba Al Hisn’s seafood market. Reem Mohammed / The National
    Dibba Al Hisn’s seafood market. Reem Mohammed / The National
  • A sign warns people to stay home along the Dubai Marina. Antonie Robertson / The National
    A sign warns people to stay home along the Dubai Marina. Antonie Robertson / The National

Coronavirus: receive visitors and leave the house for one outdoor activity in Dubai during Ramadan


Gillian Duncan
  • English
  • Arabic

Latest: Dubai lifts all permit restrictions to allow shopping and exercise

Dubai residents would be allowed to receive family members during Ramadan and leave home for “one outdoor activity” under new guidelines drawn up by the government.

The new advice was issued by Dubai authorities, which set out a phased plan to restart various areas of the economy.

Malls and tourist destinations were closed across the country last month to stop the spread of Covid-19. Restrictions on movement in Dubai and 'stay-home' orders across the Emirates have been in place.

The official decision on when restrictions may ease has not yet been made.

Under the plans to ease the restrictions, people should still only leave their house for necessities during the holy month.

But “family visitation and one outdoor activity [per day] can be performed as per the set parameters”.

Previously, in Dubai, any outdoor activity was not allowed and permits were required for trips to the supermarket, pharmacy or hospital.

The plans to ease restrictions outline that anyone who ventures outside the home should avoid touching any surfaces and immediately disinfect hands if they did so.

They should also not touch their face until their hands are properly washed with soap and water.

Elderly and high-risk people with chronic diseases should stay home and avoid public places altogether.

Limited social gatherings would be allowed during Ramadan, provided they did not exceed 10 people.

However, social distancing guidelines should be followed and “physical contact such as handshaking, hugging, etc would not be permitted.

The government said it was “highly advised that gatherings are few and are restricted to extended family members or very close friends" during iftar and suhoor.

Gathering for prayers with people outside the household would not be allowed.

'Outclassed in Kuwait'
Taleb Alrefai, 
HBKU Press 

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6.30pm: Maiden (TB) Dh82,500 (Dirt) 1,200m

7.05pm: Maiden (TB) Dh82,500 (D) 1,900m

7.40pm: Handicap (TB) Dh102,500 (D) 2,000m

8.15pm: Conditions (TB) Dh120,000 (D) 1,600m

8.50pm: Handicap (TB) Dh95,000 (D) 1,600m

9.25pm: Handicap (TB) Dh87,500 (D) 1,400m

Sheikh Zayed's poem

When it is unveiled at Abu Dhabi Art, the Standing Tall exhibition will appear as an interplay of poetry and art. The 100 scarves are 100 fragments surrounding five, figurative, female sculptures, and both sculptures and scarves are hand-embroidered by a group of refugee women artisans, who used the Palestinian cross-stitch embroidery art of tatreez. Fragments of Sheikh Zayed’s poem Your Love is Ruling My Heart, written in Arabic as a love poem to his nation, are embroidered onto both the sculptures and the scarves. Here is the English translation.

Your love is ruling over my heart

Your love is ruling over my heart, even a mountain can’t bear all of it

Woe for my heart of such a love, if it befell it and made it its home

You came on me like a gleaming sun, you are the cure for my soul of its sickness

Be lenient on me, oh tender one, and have mercy on who because of you is in ruins

You are like the Ajeed Al-reem [leader of the gazelle herd] for my country, the source of all of its knowledge

You waddle even when you stand still, with feet white like the blooming of the dates of the palm

Oh, who wishes to deprive me of sleep, the night has ended and I still have not seen you

You are the cure for my sickness and my support, you dried my throat up let me go and damp it

Help me, oh children of mine, for in his love my life will pass me by. 

How it works

A $10 hand-powered LED light and battery bank

Device is operated by hand cranking it at any time during the day or night 

The charge is stored inside a battery

The ratio is that for every minute you crank, it provides 10 minutes light on the brightest mode

A full hand wound charge is of 16.5minutes 

This gives 1.1 hours of light on high mode or 2.5 hours of light on low mode

When more light is needed, it can be recharged by winding again

The larger version costs between $18-20 and generates more than 15 hours of light with a 45-minute charge

No limit on how many times you can charge

 

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The internal combustion engine is facing a watershed moment – major manufacturer Volvo is to stop producing petroleum-powered vehicles by 2021 and countries in Europe, including the UK, have vowed to ban their sale before 2040. The National takes a look at the story of one of the most successful technologies of the last 100 years and how it has impacted life in the UAE. 

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The Details

Kabir Singh

Produced by: Cinestaan Studios, T-Series

Directed by: Sandeep Reddy Vanga

Starring: Shahid Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Suresh Oberoi, Soham Majumdar, Arjun Pahwa

Rating: 2.5/5 

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Stats at a glance:

Cost: 1.05 billion pounds (Dh 4.8 billion)

Number in service: 6

Complement 191 (space for up to 285)

Top speed: over 32 knots

Range: Over 7,000 nautical miles

Length 152.4 m

Displacement: 8,700 tonnes

Beam:   21.2 m

Draught: 7.4 m