{
  "id": 2279691,
  "title": "UAE teens in their final school years: 'It's scary' — but dreams of fashion, football and astrophysics shine bright",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/uae-teens-in-their-final-school-years-its-scary-but-dreams-of-fashion",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T02:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/uae/education/uae-teens-in-their-final-school-years-its-scary-but-dreams-of-fashion-football-and-astrophysics-shine-bright-1.500646694"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "These are the final year of school for several UAE teenagers, who are brimming with dreams and ambitions. Johana Alexzander, a Grade 12 student at GIIS in Dubai, is passionate about fashion and dreams of studying at the Istituto Marangoni campus in Milan. Ritika Regin, a 17-year-old at The Winchester school Jebal Ali, is drawn to organizational psychology and hopes to attend a university in the UAE after graduation. Aifaan Asrar, in Grade 10, is excited to return to the football pitch and is considering studying mathematics and economics at a UK university. Dhruv Sharma, also in Grade 10, wishes to further develop his passion for physics and mentor students at Dubai College, while also scaling his initiative to teach STEM courses to underprivileged students in India.",
  "summary": "What do you mean the school life I've basically grown up with is coming to an end so soon? It's the final year of school for Johana Alexzander, who is in Grade 12, GIIS in Dubai. \"It's a little scary every time I realise that,\" she says frankly. Alexzander, who moved to Dubai in Grade 6, during COVID, looks back at the montage of the past six years: Going from a shy, scared Indian child who just…",
  "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."
}