Starting a business can feel daunting, but with the right groundwork — from market research to smart pricing — it’s more achievable than you think. Here’s a practical guide to turning your idea into a profitable venture.
Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi reminds us that reading is more than acquiring knowledge — it’s a bridge between people, places, and generations.
Rich Dad Poor Dad isn’t a finance textbook. It’s a mindset shift — one that challenges everything you’ve been told about school, jobs, and what it means to be financially free.
The NAS Dubai School Book Fair runs from 24 to 29 May, giving students a full week to discover new authors, browse age-appropriate titles, and build their own reading journey.
The highly anticipated Audemars Piguet x Swatch “Royal Pop” debut in Dubai was abruptly cancelled on launch day after massive crowds gathered at Dubai Mall and Mall of the Emirates from the early hours of the morning. Swatch cited public safety concerns. No rescheduled date has been confirmed.
Two Year 12 students from Nord Anglia International School Dubai have built Volunteer Hub, a platform that connects teenagers across the UAE with local non-profits — already partnering with 10 organisations and signing up over 90 students in just a few months.
A proud moment for NAS Dubai as student rider Stella takes 2nd place at the prestigious FEI Group 7 competition, ranking among the top youth dressage athletes across the GCC.
Aasiya Saleem is 15, attends school in Dubai, holds a UAE passport, and competes for the national golf team internationally. From a group class near Montgomerie Golf Club to the Pan Arab Championships and the Asia-Pacific Junior Championship in the Philippines, her journey is one of the more quietly impressive stories coming out of Dubai’s school community right now.
More Arab teenagers are turning to TikTok for mental health advice instead of therapists or family. UAE startup Elggo says the region needs culturally grounded, Arabic-language support, with prevention built into the school day.
EFE-UAE has launched the 2026 AJYAL Program at AURAK in Ras Al Khaimah, training more than 200 university students in AI, sustainability and job-readiness skills. The program prepares students for a job market shaped by AI and green industries.
India has installed its first algae tree in Bhopal, a solar-powered device that captures carbon dioxide using living algae. One unit works like 25 full-grown trees and is built for crowded roadsides where planting real trees is hard.
A new national platform is connecting UAE university students with real workplace training. More than 1,000 students have registered, 414 are already in placements, and 54 universities and 45 companies have joined to bridge the gap between campus and career.
Dubai’s young engineers stood out at the 2025 ADNOC Yas in Schools National Finals, where more than 1,400 students from 113 schools built and raced model cars. Teams from Jumeirah College, Dubai College and Royal Grammar School Guildford Dubai took home national titles.
Morgan Housel’s The Psychology of Money doesn’t teach you budgeting formulas or investment strategies. It explains why smart people make bad financial decisions, and what to do about it. Short, readable, and more useful than most finance courses.
Education is like a lantern which lights your way in a dark alley.” — Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. This week’s reflection on why education remains the UAE’s most enduring gift to its young people.
Decarbonizing cement — one of the world’s most carbon-intensive industries — may be far more affordable than previously thought. New research from Stanford finds that with the right combination of technologies, cement producers could cut emissions by up to 96% with only a 12% rise in production costs, challenging long-held assumptions that going green would price consumers out of the market.
Cement production is responsible for roughly 7.5% of global CO2 emissions — and Stanford researchers want to change that. A new project from Stanford’s Sustainability Accelerator is rethinking how cement is made from the ground up, using electrified heating, recycled concrete waste instead of limestone, and advanced thermal processes to slash carbon emissions at scale.
A ring that replaces your computer mouse just got funded on Kickstarter in nine minutes. The Prolo Ring weighs just 5 grams, fits on the index finger, and uses a thumb-operated trackpad plus 40+ programmable air gestures to give you full cursor control — no buttons, no wrist strain, and no software required. Starting at $99 for early backers, it could ship as soon as December.
The CISI Level 2 Award in Fundamentals of Financial Services is a globally recognised qualification for students looking to break into the finance industry. Offered in Dubai through Squirrel Education — an official CISI Education Partner — the course covers everything from banking and bonds to markets and ethics, with expert-led training and full exam support included.
Smart glasses are selling fast — but the privacy concerns are mounting just as quickly. Meta’s Ray-Bans, which make up over 80% of AI glasses sales, are increasingly being used to secretly record people in public without their knowledge. With Apple, Google, and Snap all preparing their own versions, and potentially 100 million pairs in circulation within years, experts warn the technology poses serious risks to everyday privacy that current laws are ill-equipped to handle.
