Native speaker
In Emirati Arabic, “Excuse me / Sorry” is عفواً / أسف ('afwan, aasif).
عفواً / أسف
Excuse me / Sorry.
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The guide prints أسف; the usual spelling is آسف (aasif), which is what the speaker says.
It's in the phrasebook under Please, thanks & sorry, with 6 more like it.
Source: DLIFLC Emirati Basic Language Survival Kit (2007). Credits and licences