Congratulations, children and parents, for making it through the long break away from classroom education! While parents should get gold stars for being home-school superheroes since nurseries and schools in the UAE closed early in the year due to the pandemic, the kids deserve gold medals for adapting to prolonged home study, and coping with being away from their classmates for so long. No doubt going back to school in September and the reunions with…
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Remember our contributing writer Maja Davies sharing the exciting highs and lows of moving home live on Home Club ME’s Instagram Stories? Maja, a Swedish expat living in Dubai, relives the challenges she faced and the insights she gained while moving her family from Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) to a new home on Palm Jumeirah in an online series called The Moving Diaries, exclusive to Home Club ME. Starting today and continuing throughout the month…
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Dubai has gained somewhat of a reputation for draining the Dirham rather than stretching it. Lucky for our readers, we have our budgeting experts, Selma & Susan of Dirham Stretcher, to save the day as well as your wallet! Here are their top five places to go to bag a bargain. Brands For Less With multiple stores around Dubai, chances are that you would have already walked, if not driven right past one of these…
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Do you have family or friends visiting? Worried about spending too much while they are here? There are plenty of free activities that can be done around Dubai if you just know where to look. Our budgeting experts Selma and Susan at Dirham Stretchers, have found just a handful of free activities that are worth checking out, some of which are also great if you have bored kids at home and not much cash to…
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