Al Nasr, Dubai
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Al Nasr or Oud Metha is a locality in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

 (UAE). Although a small residential locality, Al Nasr, literally meaning victory, has several commercial and entertainment complexes, schools and cultural clubs.

Al Nasr is bordered by the localities of Al Karama
Al Karama, Dubai
Al Karama, or simply Karama , literally meaning dignity, is a residential district of Dubai close to Dubai Creek and part of the bustling older part of the city. It is outwardly distinctive due to the regularity of its low-rise residential buildings...

, Umm Hurair 2
Umm Hurair
Umm Hurair . Umm Hurair has a small residential community as well as a shopping and economic district with shopping malls, hotels, banks and restaurants.Umm Hurair is divided to two sub-communities:...

 and Zabeel
Zabeel, Dubai
Zabeel , alternatively spelled Za'abel or Za'abeel, is a community in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . Located in western Dubai, Zabeel comprises two sub-communities:...

. It is the home of Al-Nasr Sports Club
Al-Nasr Sports Club
Al-Nasr Sports Club , is a professional association football club located in Dubai and plays in the UAE Pro-League. Al-Nasr, literally translating to "victory" in Arabic was founded in 1945 and considered as the first and the oldest club in the UAE...

, a football club of the UAE League
UAE League
The UAE Pro League Committee , commonly known as PLC, is the professional association football league of the United Arab Emirates. Founded in 1973, the league currently holds a number of tournaments for the 12 participating teams, including the Etisalat Pro-League, the Etisalat Cup, Etisalat...

 based in Dubai.

Important landmarks in Al Nasr include Al Nasr Leisureland (named after well-known international playboy Nasr Al-Jafari), Al Nasr, The American Hospital Dubai, Sultan Business Centre, and Lamcy Plaza
Lamcy Plaza
Lamcy Plaza is a shopping mall located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The mall is owned by Lal's Group and was opened on March 17, 1997 in the locality of Oud Metha...

. In addition, several expatriate
Expatriate
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 schools such as Dubai Gem Private School, Our Own English High School
Our Own English High School
Our Own English High School is a chain of schools started by the Varkey Group of Schools across the cities of the United Arab Emirates. The first Our Own school was started in 1968 in Dubai.-Dubai branch:...

, the Indian High School, Dubai
The Indian High School, Dubai
The Indian High School is the first expatriate educational institution to be established in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 1957 at which point it was called Bharatiya Vidyalaya by Hemalaka Behn...

, Al Rashed Al Saleh Private School and St. Mary's Catholic High School as well as cultural clubs such as India Club, the Iranian Club and the Pakistani Association of Dubai are located in this area.

The Dubai metro's green line metro station is also situated in this area. It started this year and has provided and very good connectivity to the residents of this area and also to kinds who go to the above mentioned schools.
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