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Rym Ghazal

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When a loved one has cancer, pain is the best-kept secret

Feb 23, 2012

You just have to mention cancer to a group of friends, and someone is bound to have a family member who has had or is struggling with the disease in one of its many forms. What a menace.Read article "When a loved one has cancer, pain is the best-kept secret"

A unique poetic voice falls silent

Feb 22, 2012

Ahmed Rashed Thani, one of the fathers of Emirati poetry, died on Monday at 50 after battling a heart condition. Here, Rym Ghazal recalls an interview with him in a coffee shop in October. Read article "A unique poetic voice falls silent"

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Ask Ali: On walking styles, and respect for animals in the UAE

Feb 22, 2012

The pace of life in the desert, the foreign concept of animals as pets and more cultural insight.Read article

Ask Ali: On Muslim men's beards

Feb 15, 2012

M's advice columnist Ali Al Saloom offers tips on the length of Muslim men's beards, and single women visiting the UAE. Read article

Favourite Articles

The frustration of being a 'bidoon'

Nov 6, 2008

The frustration of being a 'bidoon'

Without proper papers, the 'bidoon' are rejected by Emiratis.Read article The frustration of being a 'bidoon'

Masters of the mountains

Jun 28, 2008

The Al Shehhi tribe remains loyal to a traditional way of life that is fast fading as modernity encroaches on their land.Read article Masters of the mountains

Latest Comments

Grand Mufti calls for dialogue about the internet

Feb 21 , 2012 | 03:44AM GST

angelikalancsak

A man of wisdom!

UAE sends 12 more monitors to observe Syrian regime

Jan 11 , 2012 | 01:46AM GST

alinfomail

These so called 'monitors' are doing more harm than any good. Not only they are completely impotent and have not stopped any killing or anything less, but also they have delayed UN and NATO action/protection. If Libyan freedom fighters were waiting for Arab 'monitors' to save them, they would be all dead by now. Thanks to NATO a human catastrophe was prevented. So far, the so called 'monitors' have been nothing but embarrassment to the middle east and Arab World. I hope to God they stop or really start doing something. Every person or worst child dies will be on their conscious

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