What started off as a radio competition to win Amy Winehouse concert tickets, turned into one of the most entertaining online trends instead. On having been asked to come up with creative Dubai themed movie titles (the best out of which would win the pair of tickets), UAE residents took to Twitter and launched -what… [Read more…]
March 31, 2010
As written for The UAE Community Blog. Residents of the Emirates were racked with the shocking news that Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed (younger brother of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, the President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi) was involved in a plane crash last Friday. On the recovery of his body from a… [Read more…]
March 27, 2010
The norm when it comes to most charity dinners or events, is that donors have to fork up a heavy sum (usually a fixed amount) to book themselves a ’table.’ These to-do’s are normally frequented by the elite of the social hierarchy and is heavy with an air of pretension so thick that the muah-muah’s… [Read more…]
June 8, 2008
Dubai is a great city.It’s new, it’s hip and it’s got a cultural mush of more than 185 nationalities. The roads are clean and the buildings are tall. Life is good and everyone is happy. But behind every clean street and architectural marvel are the little-known, little-acknowledged people responsible for it being there. They work… [Read more…]
January 10, 2011
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