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This summer, keep your cool as far as possible

This summer, keep your cool as far as possible

21 Jul 2022

Since moving to the UAE some 26 odd years ago I thought that the people in the Middle East were the few people in the world who experienced extreme heat...

Don’t forget to take care of yourself

Don’t forget to take care of yourself

15 Jul 2022

When it’s your role to look after someone, do you often feel like you might be a bad daughter, bad son, bad friend or a bad caregiver? Well let me...

Not all English is the same

Not all English is the same

07 Jul 2022

Languages are funny things. Even when two or more countries speak the same language, they may sometimes still not be able to understand each other. This can happen in French,...

Why can’t you change people’s minds?

Why can’t you change people’s minds?

30 Jun 2022

We have all noticed how impossible it is to change someone’s mind about most things. Sure you are able to change yours but it’s an impossibility when someone else is...

Technology, social media a big problem

Technology, social media a big problem

23 Jun 2022

Most people don’t think about anything. Critical thinking is so imperative to not accepting everything you’re being told because, let’s face it, not everything we’re told throughout our lives is...

Summer is an opportunity to do many things

Summer is an opportunity to do many things

16 Jun 2022

Every year the summer comes around in the UAE and every year we’re all taken aback by it. It’s almost as if as soon as the winter leaves we’ve forgotten...

Naming a child shouldn’t be taken very lightly

Naming a child shouldn’t be taken very lightly

09 Jun 2022

I wasn’t always called Birjees. When I was born my parents gave me a different name which was changed when I was about a year to eighteen months old. You...

Can you tell if someone is being genuine?

Can you tell if someone is being genuine?

02 Jun 2022

When someone you know, or even don’t know, tells you something, how convinced are you that they are being genuine? I don’t mean truthful. I mean genuine, which is not...

Look for ways to make you feel good in life

Look for ways to make you feel good in life

26 May 2022

If you are stressed, sad, depressed or angry all the time there’s a high risk of you developing physical symptoms such as high blood pressure, headaches and aches and pains,...

Garden etiquette that keeps neighbours happy

Garden etiquette that keeps neighbours happy

19 May 2022

There are etiquettes at the dinner table, etiquettes for when you accept or decline invitations and there are etiquettes for when you go to a high-end restaurant. Do anything out...

Birjees Hussain

Birjees Hussain

She has more than 10 years of experience in writing articles on a range of topics including health, beauty, lifestyle, finance, management and Quality Management.