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Parents across the UAE are preparing for the new academic year, with uniforms, stationery and other school essentials on shopping lists. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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Explorer’s Club is an indoor playroom dedicated to children up to the age of three. Photo: Atlantis The Palm

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The actress speaks of artistic inheritance, creative freedom, her Palestinian roots and the lifelong search for the painter she once imagined becoming

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Site preparation for the park began in summer last year. Getty Images

Can Abu Dhabi build the world’s best Harry Potter theme park?

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