Opinion | Off the Cuff
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Friday Feb 10
The centre of attention
Watching parents interacting with their children and listening to their conversation, it is evident who rules the roost
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Thursday Feb 9
Be your own palace
November is thunderstorm month. Every morning begins picture-perfect blue
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Wednesday Feb 8
Is it cold enough for you?
Initially, the cold spell in Dubai was a welcome change
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Tuesday Feb 7
Soft skills are hard skills
Funnily enough for someone in the information technology field, my wife often gives thanks to her humanities education
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Monday Feb 6
That gullibility factor
There are some people, often very smart people, who believe anything they're told
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Sunday Feb 5
In the grand scheme of things
It was, the news reader sternly intoned, the largest insider trading case ever involving a single stock
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Saturday Feb 4
Bringing up mom
Unlike most other jobs, becoming a mom requires no prior educational or vocational qualifications
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Friday Feb 3
Ruckus at the restaurant
The nuisance value of noise is relative
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Thursday Feb 2
In the doctor's waiting room
Upon first opening the door, the senses suggest it was a mistake
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Wednesday Feb 1
Off the Cuff: Getting lost is so easy
My colleagues wanted to go to Global Village and have a good time, so I said I'll drive and promptly got all of us lost
Opinion Editor's choice
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Syrian crisis and rumblings of a cold war
By Patrick Seale, Special to Gulf News
With their vetoes, Russia and China are saying they too have interests in the Middle East, which they are bent on protecting
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Motives for a new regional alignment
By Marwan Kabalan, Special to Gulf News
The relationship between Iraq and Syria strengthened following the breakout of the uprising and withdrawal of US troops
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Learning Arabic must not be seen as a compulsion
By Rabia Alavi, Special to Gulf News
Expatriates must see its inclusion in school curriculum as an invitation to integrate into Emirati society and an opportunity to access markets presently reserved for Emiratis
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