Katy Gillett

1 week ago | thenationalnews.com | Katy Gillett |Fareed Rahman

Homeowners and potential buyers in Dubai are responding with cautious optimism to a report that residential prices could fall by as much as 15 per cent this year. Last month, a report was released by New York-based ratings agency Fitch Ratings, predicting the city’s real estate market would enter a “moderate correction” in the second half of 2025 as a record number of projects launch.

2 weeks ago | thenationalnews.com | Katy Gillett

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Zahra Ebrahimi Behfar, who goes by Saghi, spent her days walking along the shores and swimming among the mangroves of Qeshm, an Iran-governed island in the northern Gulf. “I would encounter aluminium cans scattered across the sand or floating in the sea,” she tells The National. This is what inspired her latest work, Spinning Dolphin Stool, a sculptural seat made from recycled cans, which will be on show from Wednesday at Christie’s Dubai.

2 weeks ago | thenationalnews.com | Katy Gillett

Prozac users in the UAE are concerned about dwindling supplies after its global discontinuation last year, sparking conversations among patients and psychiatrists about available alternatives. Considered a cornerstone treatment for conditions like depression and anxiety, the medication is now fast disappearing from pharmacy shelves as stocks dry up.

2 weeks ago | thenationalnews.com | Katy Gillett

As schools in the UAE prepare to break up for the year, concerns around screen time are again front and centre for parents as they plan a long summer of entertainment for their children. While much of the media rhetoric focuses on demonising devices, psychologists and educators are calling for a more balanced and informed approach that prioritises connection and the realities of modern childhood.

3 weeks ago | thenationalnews.com | Katy Gillett

As millions of pilgrims arrive in Makkah for Hajj, a small group of riders have completed one of the most extraordinary journeys of the year: retracing a route taken by Andalusian Muslims to the Holy City more than 500 years ago by travelling from southern Spain to Saudi Arabia on horseback. Abdelkader Harkassi Aidi, Tarek Rodriguez and Abdallah Rafael Hernandez Mancha undertook a 6,500-kilometre journey over nearly seven months, beginning in October and ending in the days before Hajj 2025.