Amid the sadness and despair of the Covid-19 pandemic there have also been an astonishing number of positive stories, from the forming of new relationships to new skills being learned and new career opportunities, too.  It was a desire to find the silver lining to the pandemic’s gloomy cloud that drove Dubai-based friends Sara Sadik and Karine Jaber to produce a children’s book called The Extraordinary Pause. The Extraordinary Pause presents the pandemic through a