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Aug 20
58m 16s

Property search made simple

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How many times have you clicked on a link for a property ad that turned out to be 6 months old, a duplicate that you're seeing in many places, or sometimes a deal you know is too good to be true? That's changing now as just this week, tens of thousands of unverified Abu Dhabi-based property listings were removed from online sites. That's after the capital's government-regulated Multiple Listing Service Madhmoun went into effect. Jo Phillips, Managing Director, Phillips & Walls Mortgage Brokers joins Sonal in the studio to discuss

Yesterday was World Humanitarian Day, and to mark the occasion, Dubai Humanitarian has released a new documentary on their YouTube channel called "Coming Together: The Dubai Humanitarian Story". We speak with the CEO, Giuseppe Saba, about it and how they ensure they are getting the right items to people in the right situations.

Abu Dhabi education regulator, ADEK, says they have uncovered a grade inflation issue in private schools across the emirate. A few weeks ago we heard how they had barred 12 schools from enrolling new Grade 11 and 12 students because of this issue. Leisa Grace Wilson from Teach Middle East magazine tells us why grade inflation is a concern for students and educators alike.

There is a debate that's happening in France at the moment - adult-only resorts, is it completely reasonable for people to want to holiday in a child-free space, or does this create an unnatural segregation in society? Sonal speaks with family travel blogger Keri Hendrick and hotelier Bernard O'Neill.

Russia is planning to send 75 mice to space as part of a mission that will show how cosmic radiation affects living organisms. We get details from Dr Dimitra Atri, principal investigator at NYU Abu Dhabi’s space exploration laboratory.

And do you know what skibidi, delulu or tradwife means? Cambridge Dictionary has the answers for us.

 

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