Added on 17/05/2012
Alexander McNabb
Dubai , Dubai police , Hamas , Israel , Israeli intelligence , Mossad , Tel Aviv , UAE
ALEXANDER MCNABB: A movie being made about the assassination of Mahmoud Al Mabhouh plays fast and loose with the truth.
Added on 16/05/2012
Editor, MEP
Dubai , Real Estate , UAE
Dubai was also one of the first countries to move into a real estate crisis, so it could be a barometre for the wider region.
Added on 15/05/2012
thehedonista
Dubai , Food and Drink , Jordan , Photos , Travel
SARAH WALTON: There are some places in the world however, where the luxury you think you want is not the best you can get.
Added on 05/05/2012
Editor, MEP
bankruptcy law , Dubai , United Arab Emirates , Video
VIDEO, AL JAZEERA: In Dubai a group of jailed foreign businessmen imprisoned for issuing bounced cheques engage in a hunger strike.
Added on 03/05/2012
David Roberts
Abdullah , Abu Dhabi , America , Arab Gulf , Bahrain , Doha , Dubai , Emir , European Union , Formula 1 , GCC , GCC Union , Gulf Cooperation Council , Gulf Union , Hamad al-Thani , Iran , Iraq , Kuwait , Kuwait’s Parliament , Levant , Manama , Middle East , oil fields , Oman , Qatar , Riyadh , Saud al-Faisal , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Arabian National Guard , Tehran , UAE , United Arab Emirates , United States
DAVID ROBERTS: There will be fine talk and likely a positive joint statement will be issued but no firm action will be agreed.
Added on 29/04/2012
Francis Matthew
bankruptcy law , Booz and Co , Dubai , Dubai Political System , East Africa , Egypt , Entrepreneur , GCC , Middle East , Morocco , North Africa , Saudi Arabia , UAE , United Arab Emirates , World Economic Forum
FRANCIS MATTHEW: In all Gulf states government dominates the economy. That dependence fosters a lack of entrepreneurial motivation.
Added on 26/04/2012
Alexander McNabb
Dubai , e-gate , Gulf News , UAE
ALEXANDER MCNABB: More high tech at Dubai Airport should lead to less furrowed brows in the Immigration Hall.
Added on 23/04/2012
The View From Fez
Abdul Hadi , Canada , Casablanca , Dubai , Egypt , Fez , Iraq , Jordan , Lebanon , Mainstream media , Marrakech , Montreal , Morocco , Palestinian Territories , photojournalist , Sudan , Syria , Tamara Abdul Hadi , The Guardian , The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , United Arab Emirates , Vanessa Bonnin
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: Her photography has captured the imagination of people around the Arab world and beyond. She discusses her project.
Added on 18/04/2012
Alexander McNabb
BMW , Branding , Dubai , United Arab Emirates
ALEXANDER MCNABB: It’s a charming tradition in the UAE that landmarks are frequently known by the company nearby…
Added on 28/03/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Al-Hayat , Christoph Wilcke , Crown Prince , Dalma Rushdi Malhas , Dubai , film director , Germany , Human Rights Watch , International Olympic Committee , Jeddah , London , Nayef , Olympics , Riyadh , Rushdi Malhas , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Summer Olympics , Tara Umm Omar , The New York Times , the summer games , woman athlete , Women , Women's issues
ROB L. WAGNER: It was a very welcome surprise – the announcement that Saudi Arabia will have at least one woman at the Olympics
Added on 26/03/2012
thehedonista
Dubai , Food and Drink , Restaurants , security guard , UAE , United Arab Emirates
THE HEDONISTA: It was ‘the same old, same old’ at this year’s Taste of Dubai festival.
Added on 10/03/2012
thehedonista
Dubai , Dubai Mall , Food and Drink , Photos , Travel
THE HEDONISTA: Each bite holds the adventure, terroir, culture, simple pleasure, even that tick on the bucket list others can only find in grander things.
Added on 09/03/2012
Alexander McNabb
Dubai , United Arab Emirates
ALEXANDER MCNABB: I can’t help feeling the passing of the ‘outlet’ as more of a wrench than the passing of the hotel itself.
Added on 04/03/2012
Rachel McArthur
America , Arab League , Artist , Dubai , Far East , iPhone , Lebanon , Microsoft , Ramadan , Singer , Starbucks , Turkey , Twitter , United Arab Emirates , United States
RACHEL MCARTHUR: Ragheb has been praised by critics for his fairness, but it has not been clear if he was going to return for the next season – until now.
Added on 04/03/2012
Mich Cafe
Baghdad , Basketball , Beijing Olympics , Brunei , Christoph Wilcke , Council of Senior Religious Scholars , Dubai , fencing , FIFA , Fifa World Cup , Football , Human Rights Watch , International Olympic Committee , Jeddah , Lebanon , London , Mecca , Middle East , Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum , Noor al-Malki , Olympics , Palestinian Territories , Qatar , Reading , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Olympic Committee , Sport , Sporting Club , sprinter , Stamford Bridge , Tunis , Tunisia , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , Vicky , Women , Women's issues
MICH CAFE: Human Rights Watch have just published a report that highlights the deep discrimination against women in Saudi Arabia.
Added on 04/03/2012
Shaahima Fahim
Dubai , India , messenger , Messenger of God , Religion , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom
UPDATE, SHAAHIMA FAHIM: Residential communities in Dubai have taken to calling for the silencing of the call to prayer…
Added on 03/03/2012
Alexander McNabb
Dahi Khalfan Tamim , Dubai , Dubai police , Facebook , Google+ , Libel , Oil , oil prices , Social Media , Twitter , UAE , United Arab Emirates
ALEXANDER MCNABB: The platforms are public and subject to the law as any other public pronouncement would be. You publish, you take responsibility.
Added on 29/02/2012
Alexander McNabb
Alpha , Android , Beirut , Dubai , iPhone , London , Operating system , Telecommunications , UAE , United Kingdom , United States
ALEXANDER MCNABB: You’ve had to listen to how much fun your i-Phone dabbing friends have with Siri. Now it’s your turn.
Added on 26/02/2012
David Westley
Abu Dhabi , Brunei , Burundi , China , Dubai , Europe , Fifa World Cup , Forbes , Guggenheim , Kuwait , Liberia , Netherlands , Norway , Olympics , Qatar , railway network , Singapore , Switzerland , UAE , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States
ANALYSIS: Qatar has a ‘poor’ Gini index. The Gini index measures how well income is actually divided within a society, the lower the score the better.
Added on 23/02/2012
Steve Royston
Amazon , Bahrain , Dubai , Kindle , Literature , Middle East , Robin Barrett
STEVE ROYSTON: Many of us who have decided to settle in Bahrain remain determined to see the positive in spite of the recent troubles