LIFE IN 2020
What's On Dubai|October 2020
These Doorstep Diaries beautifully capture life in Dubai during lockdown
LIFE IN 2020

We are living through an astonishing moment in history as the coronavirus pandemic impacts hugely on people across the globe.

Families in Dubai have experienced stringent curfews, with some people finding their jobs on pause (or redundant), while others have had to adapt to working from home. On top of that many mums and dads have had to tackle home schooling and many of life’s unpredictable challenges.

Through it all, hygiene and sanitation has been a number one priority for all. Along with other important behaviours like physical distancing, thoroughly washing hands often has been essential to controlling the pandemic.

In partnership with Fine, we asked families, couples and housemates to step forward and share their lockdown experiences with us, and in return we offered socially-distant photographs taken at their front doors in an effort to record these unusual times.

Here are their stories…

Allie, Chad, Thea and Heath McLaughlin

This story is from the October 2020 edition of What's On Dubai.

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