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Most people complete a feat like running a marathon and say 'never again!' but Harry Amos had decided to run 630kms across all 7 of the UAE's emirates, just 2 years after completing a row across the Pacific Ocean www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/202...

I've been awed - as I so often am - by the willingness of Gazans to give to others in such a horrific time. This week the brilliant Nagham Mohanna spoke to Fouad Khader about his initiative to bring music lessons to children living under Israeli bombardment www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

Let's start with the long-awaited election of a president in Lebanon yesterday. It's the first step in a long road to Lebanon rebuilding after a devastating war between Hezbollah and Israel on its soil. Find out more bout Joseph Aoun here www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

Leading by example as always, our editor Mohamad Ali Harisi snagged an interview with outgoing PM Mohammad Al Jalali www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

In Ghouta, the site of a chemical attack launched by the Assad regime on its own people, families were reunited after years of exile - “There is no better feeling. Now we’re happy, now we’re glad," one person told Nada www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

Jubilation quickly turned to concern for the thousands with relatives and friends in Syria's notorious prisons. Nada Maucourant Atallah went to Sednaya Prison in Damascus www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

Stories in this edition include families reunited after two months of intense war in Lebanon, a new asthma treatment and how to be a better gastrotourist. Plus these super cute turtles

I loved this story - 2 million asthma attacks could be treated better in the UK alone!!