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Go topSOURCE: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BY: ZANE HENRY On first glance, Dubai may seem too OTT to be real — a billionaires’ playground erupting from the desert, funded by oil money that first began to pour into the city in the late 1960s. It’s a test bed for the imaginations of the world’s leading architects — skyscrapers … Continued
Selection is recognition that Dubai was first in Arab world to grasp the power of media SOURCE: GULF NEWS BY: SAJILA SASEENDRAN Dubai: The Arab Information Ministers Council Wednesday named Dubai as the Capital of Arab Media for 2020. The announcement was made at the Council’s 50th meeting in Cairo, Dubai Media Office has tweeted. … Continued
SOURCE: TRAVEL+LEISURE BY: SARA HAMDAN You don’t usually go to the desert looking for rain. But Sharjah, one of the seven United Arab Emirates, is full of surprises. At Sharjah Art Foundation, in the emirate’s capital city, I recently visited “Rain Room,” a 2012 installation by the collective Random International that has previously stopped in London and … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: NICK WEBSTER Hundreds of photos adorn the walls of Al Ustad Special Kebab, charting the gastronomic journeys of patrons past and present. The famous Bur Dubai restaurant has attracted royalty and celebrities from across the entire Middle East for more than four decades. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai … Continued
SOURCE: TRAVEL AND LEISURE BY: KATIE LOCKHART Dubai is a post-modern mecca, a sci-fi metropolis with an excess of nearly everything. Think Las Vegas by the sea, sans gambling, heavy drinking and prostitution. The United Arab Emirates has over 200 nationalities from around the world that call the desert oasis home. According to those who … Continued
SOURCE: CNN BY: KATY SCOTT (CNN) — Gold is still big business in Dubai, despite reports of a 20-year low in demand for gold jewelry in the UAE. According to the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, the emirate has cornered approximately 25% of global trade in the precious metal. Dubai isn’t shy about its love affair, plating sports cars in gold and installing vending machines dispensing … Continued
SOURCE: MADISON BY: AYA BATRAWY DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A weeklong fashion event in Dubai is being held without catwalks, models or skin-baring designs. Instead, around 30 designers of fashionable modest wear— some Muslim and others not— from nearly two dozen countries showcased their long-sleeved and floor-length pieces on large screens. Buyers could … Continued
By Jason Lemon Stepfeed It’s beginning to look A LOT like Christmas all throughout the Middle East. Although the overwhelming majority of the Arab world is Muslim, that definitely doesn’t mean that one of Christianity’s biggest holidays isn’t celebrated. 1. Amman’s The Boulevard development went all out with these incredible decorations 2. The shopping malls … Continued
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