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With a two-week breather
Dubai does not do panic. That is not the Dubai way. But Dubai does do hope. Cautiously.
So after the news dropped – two weeks of a ceasefire – there has been tangible relief. Fourteen days of no sirens, no alerts, no holding your breath every time your phone buzzes, the city didn’t throw a parade. It did something far more Dubai – it exhaled.
Slowly. Deeply. And then immediately started walking the road back to normality.
Thing is, we are truly collateral in the current equation. It is not our fight and having no say in the way events unfold is worrying, a cause for discomfort.
Yet we are good at perseverance.
Drive down Sheikh Zayed Road right now. The lights are still glittering. The cafes in JBR are full. The valet lines at the Dubai Mall are, as always, a test of patience On the surface, it is business as usual.
But sit down with a resident and you will hear the same thing: “Thank God. But let’s see.”
That is the Dubai mantra of this moment. There is relief. People are sleeping through the night for the first time in weeks. There is a lightness in the air – not the giddy lightness of victory, but the quiet lightness of a storm that has, for now, moved two degrees to the left.
But here is the thing about living in this part of the world. You learn to read the sky. You learn to listen to the silence. And right now, that silence is loud.
Those stranded out of town are now desperately calling to ask if they can come back, never mind the cost of the flight.
We are not naive. But inside, in that quiet corner where real worry lives, we are pensively waiting for the blurry end of this agony. This is not pessimism. This is experience.
Dubai is a city of transplants. People from 220 nationalities live here and they know one universal truth: ceasefires are not peace. They are pauses. Timeouts in a game that no one has won yet.
So yes, the residents are upbeat. But it is the upbeat of a marathon runner who has been told the next two kilometers are flat. He is grateful. He is smiling. But his legs still remember the last hill.
You want to see something beautiful? Watch how Dubai does cautious optimism. In the first 48 hours of the ceasefire, moves are being made. Businesses are not rehiring yet. They are just stopping the layoffs. Families are not booking summer travel. They are just browsing.
Dining out started Wedneday night. Investors are not diving back in but they are unlocking the doors .No one is saying, “It’s over.” Everyone is saying, “It’s a needed lull. Let’s see what happens.”
That is the Dubai way. Wait for the two weeks to end. Wait for the next month.
The children are the most affected. They cannot always express their fears. And home schooling does have both parents and kids on edge. Cabin fever or what we call being claustrophobically stir crazy is a given.
You see the mood reflected in the WhatsApp groups. No one is saying “We won.” They are saying “So far, so good.” You see it in the office conversations. No one is planning the party. They are planning the backup plan.
This is not negativity. This is maturity. This is the wisdom of a city saying, “Easy. Easy. Let’s just walk for now.” And that is exactly the right call. Because two weeks is a gift. Not a guarantee.
Two weeks. Fourteen days. Three hundred and thirty-six hours. It is not forever. But for now, it is enough. The residents of this city are doing what they do best: living fully, but planning carefully. Celebrating quietly, but watching closely. Even the airlines are reactivating their schedules hoping to make the best of the fortnight.
The other shoe may drop. It may not. No one knows. And that is the honest truth. But until it does – or doesn’t – Dubai will keep walking that fine line.
Because in this city, you learn early: hope is a beautiful thing. But hope with a backup plan? That is unbeatable. So here is to the two weeks. May they be quiet. May they be kind. And may the only shoe that drops be the one you kick off at the door when you come home safe.
Until then, hold the horses. Drink the karak chai. Hug your kids. And keep one eye warily open. That is not paranoia. That is Dubai.
Bikram Vohra is a columnist and media consultant in Dubai.
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