Al Nahda (Dubai Metro)

Al Qusais or Al Gusais (Arabic: اﻟﻘﺼﻴﺺ) is a large community in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is located in the Deira area of east Dubai. Al Qusais borders the localities of Hor Al Anz and Al Twar and is further subdivided into residential (Al Qusais) and industrial (Al Qusais Industrial Area) localities.

Al Twar (Arabic: الطوار) is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Located in eastern Dubai in Deira, Al Twar borders Dubai International Airport to the south, Al Qusais to the north, Hor Al Anz to the west and Muhaisnah to the east. It is bounded to the north and south by routes D 93 (Al Nahda Road) and D 91 (Abu Hail Road) respectively. Al Twar contains three sub-communities: Al Twar 1 Al Twar 2 Al Twar 3Al Twar is considered an expensive residential area in Dubai and home to many well known Dubai businessmen. It is predominantly a residential community. Landmarks in Al Twar include Al Wafa Hypermarket and Dubai Police headquarters as well as a state of the art indoor sports facility where residents of the area partake in sporting tournaments in Football, Table Tennis, Badminton and even Soap Football. Captain Majid is a common idol amongst the youth in the area. Al Twar also has parks such as the Al Twar Park.

Dubai Airport Free Zone (commonly known as DAFZA, Arabic: المنطقة الحرة بمطار دبي) is an elevated rapid-transit metro station on the Green Line of the Dubai Metro in Dubai, UAE.The station opened as part of the Green Line on 9 September 2011. Like most Dubai Metro stations, DAFZA lies above ground level. It is located on Al Nahda Street between Al Qusais and Al Twar. It is approximately 1/2 mile from the entrance of the eponymous Dubai Airport Free Zone (DAFZA). The station is also close to a number of bus routes. The station is close to Terminal 2 of Dubai International Airport.

Dubai Scholars Private School, is a private school, located in Al Qusais, Dubai, UAE. The school is managed by the Scholars International Group, and offers the National Curriculum of England to students ranging from FS1 to Year 13.

Stadium (Arabic: الاستاد) is a rapid transit station on the Green Line of the Dubai Metro in the Deira area of Dubai, UAE.The station opened as part of the Green Line on 9 September 2011. It is close to the Rashid Stadium (hence the name), Al Mulla Plaza, Amity School, and Dubai Municipality Quarters. The station is also close to a number of bus routes.

Rashid Stadium (Arabic: استاد راشد) is a multi-purpose stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is currently used mostly for football and rugby matches. The stadium holds 12,000 people. It was built in 1948. The stadium hosted several matches of the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, and 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

Al Salam Private School & Nursery is a British Curriculum private school located in Dubai, UAE. Its original site was established in 1985 as a nursery, located in the historic communities of Dubai, in Al Rigga, to Al Muteena and later Hor Al Anz, from which the school opened in 1988. It moved to the current location in Al Nahda 2 in 1994. It is one of the highest achieving schools in Dubai.Al Salam School began as a nursery in 1985 and three years later, Al Salam Private School was established. The location of the school changed as it grew and larger sites were used to accommodate the growing numbers. Al Salam operated in Hor Al Anz through to its current site in Al Nahda 2. The school ranks as one of the best value for money schools in Dubai. This is due to its low fees yet exceptionally high outcomes. As a consequence, it is in high demand with waiting lists common in most years.

Al Qiyadah Arabic: القيادة is a rapid transit station on the Green Line of the Dubai Metro in Dubai, UAE.The station opened as part of the Green Line on 9 September 2011. It has a capacity to handle 11,000 passengers per hour in each direction. The station is located on Al Ittihad Road between the districts of Al Twar and Hor Al Anz.The station located on Al Ittihad Road and is close to the Al Mulla Plaza and Dubai Police General Headquarters.

Baghdad Street (Arabic: شارع بغداد) is a 2.3 km road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Named after the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad, it branches out from al-Ittihad Road in al-Nahda neighborhood and runs through al-Qusais and Muhaisnah neighborhoods before connecting Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road from the other end. It is overseen by the city's Roads and Transport Authority. In 2009, the General Directorate of Traffic reported that the street accounted for the second-most instances of pedestrian crossing violations.

Al Qusais (Arabic: اﻟﻘﺼﻴﺺ‎) is a rapid transit station on the Green Line of the Dubai Metro in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, serving the Al Qusais and Al Twar areas in Deira.The station opened as part of the Green Line on 9 September 2011. It is close to the Al Salam Community School (ASCS) and the Al Qusais Police Station. The station is also close to a number of bus routes.

Al Nahda (Arabic: النهدة) is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Located in eastern Dubai in Deira, Al Nahda forms part of Dubai's eastern border with the emirate of Sharjah. Portions of Al Nahda that flow north into the emirate of Sharjah fall within that emirate's jurisdiction. Al Nahda, literally meaning The Awakening, is bordered to the south and east by Al Qusais, and to the west by Al Mamzar. It is bounded to the north by route E 11 (Al Ittihad Road) and to the south by a local road (204 Road). Al Nahda comprises two subcommunities — Al Nahda 1 and Al Nahda 2. Like Muhaisnah, the community was originally carved out of the industrial areas of Al Qusais, but it has undergone extensive and mostly residential development in recent years. Landmarks include Dubai Women's College, Al Nahda Pond Park, Al Diyafah High School, Expo Centre Sharjah, Sahara Centre (the largest Mall in the Emirates of Sharjah), the Khalid Lake, Al Majas Island, and the Mamzar Beach Park.

On 24 August 1984, seven members of the banned All India Sikh Students Federation hijacked an Indian Airlines jetliner Indian Airlines Flight 421 (IATA No.: IC421), a Boeing 737-2A8, on a domestic flight from the Delhi-Palam Airport to Srinagar Airport with 74 people on board and demanded to be flown to the United States. The plane travelled to Lahore, then to Karachi and finally to Dubai, where the defence minister of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum negotiated the release of the passengers and the surrender of all hijackers to UAE authorities. It was related to the secessionist insurgency in the Indian state of Punjab. The Khalistan movement was a separatist movement in Indian Punjab and UK where a small portion of the Sikh community openly asked for a different country for Sikh people (Khalistan). The hijackers were subsequently extradited by UAE authorities to India, who handed over the pistol recovered from the hijackers. Indian civil servant K. Subrahmanyam was on board an Indian Airlines flight (IC 421) on 24 August 1984 when the plane was hijacked. The arrested hijackers later claimed in court that it was Subrahmanyam who "planned the entire hijacking to examine nuclear installations in Pakistan."IC 421 hijacking was mentioned in the book IA's Terror Trail, written by Anil Sharma. This hijacking was also an important part of the story of 2021 Hindi film Bell Bottom. Indian Airlines, India's sole domestic airline up to 1993, was hijacked 16 times, from 1971 to 1999.