• Palestinian children play in a slum on the outskirts of Khan Younis Refugee Camp, in the southern Gaza Strip. AP Photo
    Palestinian children play in a slum on the outskirts of Khan Younis Refugee Camp, in the southern Gaza Strip. AP Photo
  • Syrian artists Aziz Asmar and Anis Hamdoun finish a mural depicting George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man who died while while being arrested, in the town of Binnish in Idlib province. AFP
    Syrian artists Aziz Asmar and Anis Hamdoun finish a mural depicting George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man who died while while being arrested, in the town of Binnish in Idlib province. AFP
  • Palestinian boys walk next to scrap metal in a slum on the outskirts of Khan Younis Refugee Camp, in the southern Gaza Strip. AP Photo
    Palestinian boys walk next to scrap metal in a slum on the outskirts of Khan Younis Refugee Camp, in the southern Gaza Strip. AP Photo
  • Members of the police and security guard patrol the centre of Erbil, Iraq. EPA
    Members of the police and security guard patrol the centre of Erbil, Iraq. EPA
  • A view of an empty street in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. EPA
    A view of an empty street in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. EPA
  • An Iranian woman gets out of a taxi in Tehran. AFP
    An Iranian woman gets out of a taxi in Tehran. AFP
  • Iranians shop in Tehran. AFP
    Iranians shop in Tehran. AFP
  • Lebanese director Carol Mansour uses her phone to film pigeons the capital Beirut. AFP
    Lebanese director Carol Mansour uses her phone to film pigeons the capital Beirut. AFP
  • A Yemeni policeman stands at a street market in Taez. AFP
    A Yemeni policeman stands at a street market in Taez. AFP
  • A view of an almost empty newly reopened hotel private beach in Aqaba, Jordan. EPA
    A view of an almost empty newly reopened hotel private beach in Aqaba, Jordan. EPA
  • Fighters loyal to the internationally recognised Libyan Government of National Accord clash with forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar in Tripoli. AFP
    Fighters loyal to the internationally recognised Libyan Government of National Accord clash with forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar in Tripoli. AFP
  • Tunisian activists gather near the parliament building in Tunis demanding reform to the electoral system. EPA
    Tunisian activists gather near the parliament building in Tunis demanding reform to the electoral system. EPA

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Profile

Company: Justmop.com

Date started: December 2015

Founders: Kerem Kuyucu and Cagatay Ozcan

Sector: Technology and home services

Based: Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai

Size: 55 employees and 100,000 cleaning requests a month

Funding:  The company’s investors include Collective Spark, Faith Capital Holding, Oak Capital, VentureFriends, and 500 Startups. 

How to wear a kandura

Dos

  • Wear the right fabric for the right season and occasion 
  • Always ask for the dress code if you don’t know
  • Wear a white kandura, white ghutra / shemagh (headwear) and black shoes for work 
  • Wear 100 per cent cotton under the kandura as most fabrics are polyester

Don’ts 

  • Wear hamdania for work, always wear a ghutra and agal 
  • Buy a kandura only based on how it feels; ask questions about the fabric and understand what you are buying
The stats

Ship name: MSC Bellissima

Ship class: Meraviglia Class

Delivery date: February 27, 2019

Gross tonnage: 171,598 GT

Passenger capacity: 5,686

Crew members: 1,536

Number of cabins: 2,217

Length: 315.3 metres

Maximum speed: 22.7 knots (42kph)

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