First Day Back at School After Summer
The kids are back at school, and summer is officially over. We’re back to early mornings, lunchboxes, school runs, homework, activities — and the everyday logistics of family life with three kids in Dubai
Dubai became more than a polished postcard for us — it became our real immigration journey. At first, it was difficult, unfamiliar, and so hot that even stepping outside felt like a strategic decision. We rebuilt everyday life from scratch, searched for schools, homes, friends, and our place in a city that never stops constructing itself. Four years later, the UAE feels like home, although the journey continues through neighbourhoods, work, cars, coffee, mistakes, and new beginnings
The kids are back at school, and summer is officially over. We’re back to early mornings, lunchboxes, school runs, homework, activities — and the everyday logistics of family life with three kids in Dubai
A presentation for Alistera at Emaar Square in Dubai, designed in Figma and adapted for the immersive screens at TODA. Presented at the Middle East Invest Forum on May 16, 2026.
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Yesterday, 20 August, AGMC
At The CARS Café at Dubai Autodrome, AGMC unveiled the MINI 1965 Victory Edition — a modern JCW honouring the Mini Cooper S #52 victory at the 1965 Rallye Monte-Carlo. For us, MINI has long been more than a car: it is a small family generator of joy.
For almost two years, several evenings a week, Ira traded home life for the lecture rooms of Middlesex University Dubai. Now that long route has ended with a Master of Laws diploma — and another point on our map of Dubai
I recently put together an investment pitch for Yango Power in Oman. The project is launching a power-bank rental network in Muscat and is now raising $150K for the first stage of scaling
A financed purchase should start with budget and pre-approval, not viewings. How I work with Huspy to take clients from bank application to property selection and completion
Harmony 3, Tilal Al Ghaf: a tenanted single-row 4BR villa with a study and driver’s room. Current rent is AED 420,000 per year. A private investor opportunity.
Four years ago they let us out of Dubai Airport: Ira, three children with matching backpacks, and me — still a designer. Only now I've realised the escalator never stopped: all this time it has been carrying us through homes, careers, bills, cars and an entire sea towards a new version of the family
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