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UAE entrepreneur rushes to meet sanitizer demand as Middle East battles coronavirus
Dr Iman Alashkar is working round the clock to make sure her company meets the spike in demand for personal-care products. In addition to...

Caline Malek
Mar 25, 20201 min read
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Panicking over Covid-19? Keep calm and carry on instead
Although the need for caution cannot be overstated to protect the elderly and other vulnerable individuals, experts in the field of...

Caline Malek
Mar 17, 20201 min read
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Deepak Chopra: ‘The UAE is moving faster than anywhere else’
Chopra said the future wellbeing of the Middle East lies in its youth’s ability to stay open and curious. The 73-year-old spiritual...

Caline Malek
Feb 12, 20201 min read
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Middle East health authorities on alert amid coronavirus outbreak
King Abdullah II ordered an aircraft to be sent to evacuate Jordanian nationals from Wuhan. WHO representative in Egypt commends efforts...

Caline Malek
Jan 27, 20201 min read
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Workplace wellness: ‘People need to be inside healthy environments’
The UAE is taking workplace wellness to the next level by promoting the WELL Building Standard, which aims to boost employee performance...

Caline Malek
Nov 11, 20191 min read
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How to tackle Basra’s water problems
Iraqi city’s unsafe water causes water-borne disease outbreaks and economic hardship. A Human Rights Watch study says pollution,...

Caline Malek
Aug 25, 20191 min read
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KSRelief, UNICEF push mission to vaccinate 1.14 million Yemeni children
The project’s objective is to reduce the rates of disease and death that can be prevented by vaccination and limit the spread of...

Caline Malek
Jul 21, 20191 min read
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Dr. Jamil Zogheib: A ‘genius who was in love with life’
Left paralyzed by a neurological illness, Dr. Jamil Zogheib worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the ALS disease before his death this...

Caline Malek
May 12, 20191 min read
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Therapy can be good for mental health despite a lingering, long-held stigma in the Arab world
Therapy is for your mind what exercise is for your body. While I have experienced the benefits of therapy, unfortunately in the Arab...

Caline Malek
Apr 1, 20191 min read
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The benefits I gained from exploring spirituality
What I truly value in spirituality is the belief in a higher power that only generates good, no longer feeling sorry for myself, the...

Caline Malek
Mar 12, 20191 min read
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How I did it: Losing weight by intermittent fasting
Growing up, I was a pretty skinny girl who could eat for four people – a blessing I never realized was one, until I hit my body’s “fun’s...

Caline Malek
Feb 17, 20191 min read
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What losing my mum to cancer taught me about anger
There are many things my mother will never know. One of them is how much more she influenced me in the last few months of her life than...

Caline Malek
Feb 3, 20191 min read
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