{
  "id": 16290581,
  "title": "My Abu Dhabi: How the city transformed an 18-year-old's journey to becoming a doctor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/my-abu-dhabi-how-the-city-transformed-an-18-year-olds-journey-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T05:53:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/uae/abu-dhabi/my-abu-dhabi-how-the-city-transformed-an-18-year-olds-journey-to-becoming-a-doctor-1.500721881"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nicolas Cobos Rodriguez recently arrived in Abu Dhabi with no connections and a dream of becoming a doctor. After just two weeks, he found a supportive community at Khalidiya Park, where he met friends through basketball. Interning at Harley Street Medical Center, he observed daily medical procedures and found the city's warm welcome and safety a stark contrast to his previous experiences abroad.",
  "summary": "Abu Dhabi: Three weeks ago, Nicolas Cobos Rodriguez knew no one in Abu Dhabi. He is 18, in a new country, with three months of internships ahead of him and a dream he had never been close enough to touch: becoming a doctor. He had no friends here and, as he said himself, no idea “what teenagers do” in this city. Two days after he first stepped onto a basketball court in Khalidiya park, he had a…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}