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David Tusing

Assistant Features Editor
Abu Dhabi
David is an assistant features editor working in the Arts&Culture and Lifestyle departments. Originally from Manipur in North East India, he moved to the UAE in 2006 from Bengaluru, where he studied, and has been working in the country ever since. Before joining The National, he was the editor of tabloid!, the daily entertainment and lifestyle supplement of Gulf News, where he worked for 10 years. He has been extensively covering the UAE’s entertainment and lifestyle scene, with interests in films, fashion, fitness, celebrity culture and Bollywood.
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Paris Hilton at a press conference to launch her reality show, Paris Hilton's Dubai BFF, in June 2009. Randi Sokoloff / The National
When Paris Hilton came to Dubai to find a best friend

Reality star filmed her hit series in the UAE in 2009

June 06, 2025
Yas Bay Waterfront will host fireworks on the first three days of Eid. Victor Besa / The National
Where to watch Eid Al Adha 2025 fireworks in the UAE

Several venues are hosting displays to celebrate the festival

June 05, 2025
Dubai-Beirut flights: UAE airlines now using Syrian airspace to slash up to hour off travel time
UAE flight times to Beirut slashed as airlines begin using Syrian airspace

Gulf carriers are thought to be making significant fuel savings but have yet to revise fares

June 03, 2025
Austrian-Filipino singer JJ with his Eurovision trophy. EPA
Eurovision winner JJ thanks UAE fans and reveals next move

Austrian-Filipino singer discovered his love for music and singing while growing up in the UAE, he tells The National

May 30, 2025
Galaxy has launched its own version of the viral Dubai chocolate. Photo: Mars Gulf
Galaxy launches Dubai chocolate with pistachio kunafa flavour

Limited-edition will only be sold in UAE and Qatar

May 27, 2025
Avengers: Doomsday stars Simu Liu (who plays Shang-Chi) and Anthony Mackie (Captain America) are pictured in Bahrain. Address Resort Bahrain / Instagram
Cast of Avengers: Doomsday movie assemble for filming in Bahrain

Pictures of cast suggest some of highly anticipated superhero movie being shot in Middle East country

May 27, 2025
Queen Rania and Princess Iman watching Jordan's 79th Independence Day celebrations from home. Queen Rania / Instagram
Queen Rania skips Jordan's Independence Day celebration due to back injury

Royal jokes that she is now part of the 'Jordanian disc club'

May 26, 2025
Miss England 2025 Milla Magee earlier quit the Miss World competition citing 'personal reasons'. Milla Magee / Instagram
Miss World accuses Miss England of making 'defamatory statements'

Milla Magee quit the long-running competition over allegedly bad treatment by organisers

May 26, 2025
Lukas Zuperka as Viggo and Frode Bilde Ronsholt as Oscar in Secrets We Keep. Photo: Netflix
Why Netflix show Secrets We Keep is being compared to global hit Adolescence

Danish series offers an unflinching look at the country's au pair culture

May 25, 2025
Bollywood star Alia Bhatt at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. Getty Images
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Alia Bhatt add Indian glamour to Cannes

A number of new-generation Bollywood actors also made their debut at the festival this year

May 25, 2025
Iraqi director Hasan Hadi receiving his Camera d'Or prize from Italian director and screenwriter Alice Rohrwacher at the Cannes Film Festival. AFP
First Iraqi director at Cannes wins top prize with The President's Cake

Hasan Hadi's film is set during the 1990s, when his country was under crippling UN sanctions

May 25, 2025
Directors Tarzan Nasser and Arab Nasser at the photocall for Once Upon a Time in Gaza at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. EPA
'Soon Palestine will be free': Gaza directors dedicate Cannes win to their country

Tarzan and Arab Nasser won Best Director at the festival's Un Certain Regard section

May 25, 2025
Chef Himanshu Saini, in white, with the Tresind Studio team at the 2025 Michelin Guide Dubai ceremony. Photo: Michelin
Tresind Studio Dubai's three Michelin stars a 'wake-up call for Indian chefs'

Palm Jumeirah venue is the only Indian restaurant in the world to earn the honour

May 23, 2025
Austrian-Filipino singer JJ narrowly beat Israel's Yuval Raphael at Eurovision 2025. Reuters
Eurovision winner JJ condemns Israel over its war on Gaza

Austrian-Filipino singer, who grew up in Dubai, has called for greater transparency in voting at the long-running music contest

May 23, 2025
Millions of Muslims from around the world will make their way to Makkah in early June to perform Hajj. AFP
Emirates launches additional flights for Eid Al Adha and Hajj

Airline will also allow pilgrims to check in five litres of Zamzam water

May 23, 2025

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