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Rula is the perfect example of a workaholic. She’s an advertising geek who is currently an account director at BBDO Proximity Dubai. She loves pranks, Cairo, and drinks a ridiculous amount of Redbull. No really, she has like 7 a day. She’s full of energy (mainly because of the RedBull) and can be found rocking out to Muse or admiring the work of Banksy, Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Frida.

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#100DaysofMyDubai – Day Nine: Spending an Evening at thejamjar, My Own Version of The Factory

Rula El Kaliouby Sep 2, 2014

Today, I found the perfect place for anyone to just create: @JamJarDubai, the ninth in my #100DaysofMyDubai challenge, the cherry on top of the pie of my “uh oh” phase. The Factory I was extremely sick on meds (Klacid, Zomig and Adol Extra) and I didn’t even have the energy to speak. Yet,…

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#100DaysofMyDubai – Day Eight: Sweet Nothings, Pin-Up…

Rula El Kaliouby Aug 27, 2014

Mix some of Dita Von Teese’s intensity with a little bit of Bridgette Bardot’s bubbliness and you get @LizzyLizmar, CEO and Founder of Nifty…

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#100DaysofMyDubai – Day Seven: This Might Actually Be…

Rula El Kaliouby Aug 26, 2014

Let's give a big warm welcome to Dubai’s newest resident: Nonno, the World’s Thinnest Pizza. Everything has been carefully thought of, with an…

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#100DaysofMyDubai – Day Six: 50 Shades of Sketchy Touring Al Mamzar

Rula El Kaliouby Aug 25, 2014

I’m sorry Dubai... this one isn’t nice. When you first arrive to Dubai, you are very much likely to stumble upon the word “Abra”. The Abra is a wooden ferry, a traditional means of transportation that is both affordable and spacious (maximum 8-10 people on average in one Abra). But for tourists, the Abra is more than just a service, it is…

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#100DaysofMyDubai – Day Five: Wake Boarding At 7am…

Rula El Kaliouby Aug 24, 2014

Getting out of your comfort zone is easier said than done, and I don’t think I fully comprehended the amount of effort I need to put in in order to actually…

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#100DaysofMyDubai – Day Four: From Dubai to London

Rula El Kaliouby Aug 22, 2014

I’m on a natural high. Literally. It's like my own version of Yes Man, only in this one, I’m probably going to end up broke and jobless with a “No more storage…

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#100DaysofMyDubai – Day Three: The Hidden Treasures of Al Fahidi

Rula El Kaliouby Aug 21, 2014

I’ve been to this area* once before. We were shooting a commercial and I didn’t quite get to see the beauty of it. Today was the day that I had planned to go visit its galleries and I realised after some quick research that 90 percent of them close at 6:00 pm on weekdays. But there was one that closes at 9:00 pm - XVA Art Gallery. It's…

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#100DaysofMyDubai – Day Two: Up Close and Personal at…

Rula El Kaliouby Aug 20, 2014

A day earlier, I booked a 30-minute Sea Lion Discovery through Atlantis The Palm's website for the experience of interacting up close and personal with this…

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#100DaysofMyDubai – Day One: A Melbourne Cafe in a…

Rula El Kaliouby Aug 19, 2014

My very close friend, a natural diva who knows just about everything and anyone in Dubai, I decided, was the perfect acquaintance to start my…

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#100DaysofMyDubai

Rula El Kaliouby Aug 18, 2014

I am the perfect example of a workaholic. I usually have a two-hour time frame between the office and sleep, which I like to call “me, myself, and Candy Crush” time. The most spontaneous decision I took was when I moved from Cairo to Dubai, to discover the unknown. Mind you, my family and childhood best friends live here. I even joined the…

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