Author: Mohan Nasre

This Sunday, June 21, the UAE will experience its longest day of the year as the summer solstice arrives across the Northern Hemisphere. It’s the kind of astronomical milestone that quietly happens every year without much fanfare, but it marks something genuinely significant — the official start of summer and the peak of daylight hours for 2026. People naturally associate summer with heat, but the solstice itself is really about geometry rather than temperature. It’s tied to how the Earth is tilted as it makes its way around the Sun, and on this particular day, the Northern Hemisphere is angled…

Spend any amount of time in Dubai — a business meeting, a mall, a Friday brunch — and you’ll notice something quickly. People here genuinely care about what’s on their wrist. The UAE has built a culture where a watch isn’t just a way to check the time; it’s a quiet but unmistakable signal of taste, success, and personal style. What’s interesting is that the scene isn’t just about flexing the most expensive piece possible. There’s real horological appreciation here, alongside the status symbols. Here are the seven watch brands that show up most often on wrists across the Emirates.…

The UAE has taken a significant step toward protecting young people online by setting a minimum age of 15 for social media use. The move addresses concerns that have been building globally around how social media affects children — privacy, cyberbullying, harmful content exposure, and screen time that’s gotten genuinely out of hand for a lot of young users. This isn’t happening in isolation. It reflects a broader international conversation about how to keep children safe in digital spaces, and the UAE is positioning itself among the countries taking concrete action rather than just discussing the problem. What the New…

Dubai is preparing for one of its larger wellness gatherings of the year, with a community celebration planned for the International Day of Yoga 2026. Thousands of residents from across the city’s diverse population are expected to come together for the event, which marks the 12th edition of the global observance held every June 21. What started over a decade ago as a niche fitness practice has steadily grown into a genuine wellness movement across the UAE, finding its way into schools, workplaces, and community spaces in ways that simply weren’t there a few years ago. Growing Popularity of Yoga…

There is a conversation that happens in Dubai households more often than most people admit. One person pulls up the monthly rent amount, another pulls up a property listing, and someone quietly asks whether the numbers actually make sense anymore. For years, the honest answer was complicated. High upfront costs, competitive launches, and mortgage processes that felt designed for someone else’s financial profile kept a lot of residents firmly in the rental market. That calculation is shifting. The Dubai Land Department and Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism launched the First-Time Home Buyer Programme in July 2025, and in less…