Back to school… or not quite?

Update: 2025-08-25

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Children are (mostly) back at school – but why are some brand-new Dubai schools still closed?

We speak to the principal of one delayed school, and hear how Dubai Police kept the roads moving on day one of term.

Plus – a UAE transplant hero wins gold at the World Transplant Games, and we explore the latest travel trend: cruises to the ends of the Earth

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