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A long-time United Arab Emirates resident describes unprecedented fear and chaos as the US-Israel military campaign against Iran escalates into a wider Middle East conflict, with multiple missile and drone attacks affecting Gulf cities including Dubai and Abu Dhabi.Residents have reported loud explosions, air defence interceptions, and disrupted daily life as tensions soar across the region. The UAE government continues to monitor the situation closely while assuring public safety and urging reliance on official updates.
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00:00First night was kind of really scary because it was very unusual.
00:04I've lived here for 22 years and we never thought this would happen.
00:09We never experienced something like this.
00:11It's unusual but it seems kind of normal now because it's happening so frequently.
00:15Every morning we hear a couple of blasts, every night we hear a couple of blasts.
00:18You know, keeping the morale of our business and our team up is quite challenging.
00:55Well, the first night was kind of really scary because
00:59it was very unusual.
01:00I've lived here for 22 years and we never thought this would happen.
01:05We never experienced something like this.
01:07And now we hear blasts once in a while and it's kind of getting normal
01:12because nothing really has happened around us.
01:15So it just seems like it's unusual but it seems kind of normal now
01:22because it's happening so frequently.
01:23Every morning we hear a couple of blasts.
01:25Every night we hear a couple of blasts.
01:26We hear fighter jets going around all the time patrolling.
01:29So that's that.
01:52I think keeping the morale of our business and our team up is quite challenging as it is also with
01:58the family
01:58and the children motivating everybody and keeping them really calm.
02:02But I'm feeling positive.
02:03I mean, we keep following the news and referring to reputable social media channels and media.
02:11There's a lot of false news out there that answers to scaring people,
02:15specifically my family that are all in other countries asking me how is the situation.
02:20And to be honest, this morning when I woke up and went out for a run, took the dogs for
02:25a walk,
02:25I felt like it was a normal day for me.
02:48The first night was kind of really scary because it was very unusual.
02:53I've lived here for 22 years and we never thought this would happen.
02:58We never experienced something like this.
02:59It's unusual, but it seems kind of normal now because it's happening so frequently.
03:04Every morning we hear a couple of blasts, every night we hear a couple of blasts.
03:06Keeping the morale of our business and our team up is quite challenging.
03:43well the first night was kind of really scary because um it was very unusual I've lived here
03:49for 22 years and we never thought this would happen we never experienced something like this
03:56and now we hear blasts once in a while and it's kind of getting normal because um nothing really
04:02has happened around us so it just seems like it's unusual but it seems kind of normal now because
04:11it's happening so frequently every morning we heard a couple of blasts every night you heard
04:14a couple of blasts you hear fighter jets going around all the time patrolling so that's sad
04:41I think you know keeping the morale of our business and our team up is quite challenging
04:45as it is also with the family and the children motivating everybody keeping everybody calm
04:50um but I'm feeling positive I mean we keep following the news and referring to reputable uh social media
04:57channels and uh and media uh there's a lot of false news out there like sources scaring people
05:03uh specifically my family that are all in other countries asking me how is the situation and to
05:09be honest this morning when I woke up and you know went out for a run took the dogs for
05:14a walk I felt
05:14like it was a normal day for me so
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