{"id":3888,"date":"2026-03-02T14:47:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:47:27","slug":"dubai-is-still-safer-than-uk-according-to-former-apprentice-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=3888","title":{"rendered":"Dubai is \u2018still safer than UK\u2019, according to former Apprentice star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Apprentice star claims Dubai is \u2018still safer than UK\u2019 as city hit by drones\" width=\"620\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full object-cover rounded-md\" style=\"color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 620 500'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAACEN3D\/AAAAL0lEQVR42mP4z8DAwMiAARgZGJhY+P\/\/PwMDAwPDfwYGBgaGhgYGhgYGAAD9Hwlr5xRngAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.joe.co.uk\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-02-144128.png?height=681&amp;width=1024\"\/><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>A bold claim<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Dubai is still \u201csafer\u201d than the UK in spite of the relentless missile strikes across the Middle East, according to a former star of The Apprentice.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, The Palm Jumeirah Fairmont hotel in Dubai was engulfed in flames, after missile attacks carried out by Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Luisa Zissman has insisted that it is still safer in Dubai than in Britain, as she sheltered in her basement during the strikes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The 38-year-old, mum of three, moved away from the UK last December, as she said that she was looking forward to being able to walk alone at night safely.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cLots of messages re Dubai. Lots of bangs we are hearing. Stay safe fellow UAE gang\u201d, she captioned a selfie that she took outside.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Luisa said that she and her family were watching films in the basement after hearing &#8220;two massive bangs&#8221; that shook their house, but that it was still safer than the UK despite the attacks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>She replied simply \u201cYes!\u201d with love-heart eye emojis in response to someone commenting on her post asking whether she still feels Dubai is safer than the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cKeeping the kids entertained and indoors. We got itchy feet and went to take them to the park and literally as we went to step foot out the door we heard two massive bangs that shook the house, we retreated and then heard another two. So now movie time in the basement\u201d, she wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cSo surreal and scary. I do have faith that UAE defence will keep us all safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>But she\u2019s not the only one to think Dubai is safer than Britain, as others living in the most populous city in the UAE have said the same.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>One person wrote on her post \u201cSafer here than the UK!\u201d, while a second added: \u201cAfter the inevitable dip UAE will come back stronger if you can wait it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>While others used jokes to question whether Dubai was in fact safer than the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cWent down to the pub today, loudest noise I heard was a car exhaust, kids and their add ons\u201d, one person commented, while another said: \u201cShould have stayed in your beautiful home in UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>In recent years, dozens of TV stars and influencers have moved to Dubai, thanks to the appealing tax-free income and luxury lifestyle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Dubai #safer #Apprentice #star<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bold claim Dubai is still \u201csafer\u201d than the UK in spite of the relentless missile strikes across the Middle East, according to a former star of The Apprentice. On Saturday, The Palm Jumeirah Fairmont hotel in Dubai was engulfed in flames, after missile attacks carried out by Iran. Luisa Zissman has insisted that it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3832,1514,3794,3829,1883,3831,1435,3830,1633],"class_list":{"0":"post-3888","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-apprentice","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-dubai","11":"tag-luisa-zissman","12":"tag-middle-east","13":"tag-safer","14":"tag-star","15":"tag-the-apprentice","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}