THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: For the first time, girl students from across the sea arrived in Kerala to participate in the School Sports Festival. Aisha Nawab, Sana Fatima, Sheikha Ali, Tammana, and Naja Fatima are the five girls studying the Kerala syllabus in various schools in the UAE who arrived in the state to participate in the sports meet. They are students of classes 10, 11, and 12.
There are 34 boys in the U.A.E. team. Only boys from the UAE participated in the meet held last year. The boys will compete in football, badminton, basketball, and athletics.
The group includes children from NIMS Dubai, The English School Umm al-Quwain, Gulf Model School Dubai, Abu Dhabi Model School, and Indian School Fujairah. Most of the students are Malayalees born and brought up in Dubai. The UAE team was