Ahmed S. Almansoori

3 weeks ago | thenationalnews.com | Ahmed S. Almansoori

Emiratis and residents across the UAE have marked the first day of Eid Al Adha with prayers and celebrations. At Hayy Juma bin Abbaad Al Hamli in Abu Dhabi, hundreds of worshippers attended morning prayers on Friday. “The first day of Eid feels great,” Zayed Al Mazroui told The National. “It’s the sense of connection it brings, everyone’s reaching out to everyone, offering up their Eid greetings, and it’s a nice way to reconnect.

3 weeks ago | thenationalnews.com | Ahmed S. Almansoori

The Eid Al Adha holiday is a time of "family, faith, generosity and cultural pride", Emiratis told The National. The occasion has a special significance, with its name translating to the Festival of the Sacrifice, as it commemorates the Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God's command.

3 weeks ago | thenationalnews.com | Ahmed S. Almansoori

In 2022, mother-of-two Fatima Alloghani decided she was going to get a motorbike licence. It was the start of a journey that began with her learning to ride a bike with a Deliveroo driver in Dubai, before she headed off to explore northern Iraq. “I didn't know how the streets would look while riding a bike,” the 46-year-old Emirati said of her earliest experiences as a motorcyclist, sparked into action by the boredom of the Covid-19 pandemic.

1 month ago | thenationalnews.com | Ahmed S. Almansoori |Shireena Al Nowais

Harvard's Emirati graduates have denounced the Trump administration's plan to bar foreign students from attending the Ivy League university as “deeply misguided and counterproductive” and say it would damage the US economy. The White House move would force international students enrolled at the university to transfer to a different institution or lose their legal status, the Department of Homeland Security said last week.

1 month ago | thenationalnews.com | Ahmed S. Almansoori |Rachel Kelly |Sara Ruthven |Cody Combs

A US judge has blocked the administration of President Donald Trump from barring Harvard University from enrolling foreign students. Friday's temporary restraining order stops the government from pulling Harvard’s certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Programme, which allows it to host international students with visas to study in the US.