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Amazon.ae Announces Seven-Day Prime Day Event In The UAE
The sale runs from July 25 to 31, offering member-only deals across major categories, including electronics, fashion, and groceries.
Amazon has announced the dates for its 2025 Prime Day event in the UAE, with a seven-day sale set to run from July 25 through July 31. The extended format will offer Prime members access to exclusive deals across more than 30 product categories, from electronics and fashion to everyday essentials and Amazon devices.
This year’s Prime Day will include discounts on both local and international brands, as well as access to deals from Amazon’s global stores in the US, UK, and Germany. Eligible international items will ship with free delivery, and local bank partnerships will offer additional instant discounts during the event.
According to Amazon, new deals will roll out continuously across the seven-day period. Members can also expect flexible payment options and fast delivery across many items, with free same-day and one-day delivery on eligible orders.
Stefano Martinelli, Vice President of Amazon MENA, said the extended format was designed to give members “more time to explore millions of deals on products they love,” while reinforcing Amazon’s commitment to convenience and local access.
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A new element this year is the inclusion of Amazon Bazaar, a recently launched in-app section focused on budget-friendly lifestyle items. Prime Day will feature exclusive savings across this section, with many items already priced under AED 25 and some starting as low as AED 4. The Bazaar is accessible via the Amazon.ae app or mobile browser.
Prime members in the UAE also receive access to year-round benefits including:
- Free Same-Day and One-Day Delivery with no minimum spend on qualifying items.
- Exclusive Deals and Early Access to Prime Day, early entry to major seasonal sales such as White Friday, and year-round discounts on a wide range of local and global brands.
- Amazon Fresh, offering scheduled two-hour grocery deliveries in select locations.
- Prime Video, which includes international titles and regional premieres.
- Deliveroo Plus Silver, with free delivery on eligible food and retail orders.
- Amazon Home Services, with 10% off on-demand professional services.
- Other perks include Prime Gaming access, exclusive seasonal deals, and early sale previews.
Non-members can join Prime for AED 16/month or AED 140/year. Membership includes access to all Prime Day offers, as well as the full suite of benefits across shopping, entertainment, and delivery services. Customers can sign up at amazon.ae/prime.
Amazon’s Prime Day sale has become a fixture in the UAE’s ecommerce calendar, and this year’s extended event is expected to attract strong interest across back-to-school, summer, and daily essentials categories.
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YouTube Rolls Out Supervised Children’s Accounts Across MENA
An industry-first feed timer lets parents cap Shorts scrolling. Access can also be switched off entirely ahead of exam season.
YouTube has launched supervised kid accounts across the Middle East and North Africa, giving parents a way to hand their children the main YouTube app without handing over all of it. Announced in Dubai on July 2, the accounts are built directly into the platform rather than the standalone YouTube Kids app, and are aimed at families who feel a child has outgrown the curated library but isn’t ready for the open feed.
Parents can choose from three content settings, each broadly aligned with international content ratings. Explore covers educational videos, tutorials, arts and crafts, and dance. Explore More adds gaming and live streams. Most of YouTube opens up almost everything except videos rated 18+ or deemed inappropriate for supervised accounts.
The standout tool is an industry-first Shorts feed timer, which lets parents set daily limits on short-form scrolling. Set it to zero and Shorts disappears altogether – a lever YouTube suggests parents might pull ahead of exam season. Other protections are on by default for all users under 18: “Take a Break” and “Bedtime” reminders, no personalized ad targeting, autoplay switched off, and no ability to upload videos or write comments. The accounts are optional, and parents can end supervision at any time.
The kid accounts join supervised teen accounts already available across the region, which notify parents by email when a teenager uploads a video or starts a live stream.
“YouTube has been a huge part of families’ lives across this region for over 20 years,” said Javid Aslanov, head of YouTube Middle East and North Africa, citing Kantar research showing 95% of viewers in Saudi Arabia and the UAE agree YouTube has top content in education and learning.
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“It’s essential that we protect young people in – not from – the digital world,” added Garth Graham, YouTube’s head of health.
The new settings are rolling out gradually across the MENA, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and Iraq. The latest features can be set up through Family Center in the YouTube app or via Google Family Link.
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