Smart Dubai has announced its plans to participate in the 40th GITEX Technology Week, taking place on December 6-10, 2020, at the Dubai World Trade Centre, where it intends to showcase the latest …
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A Look Into How Dubai’s Hotels and Resorts Are Adjusting To The New Normal
Remaining wary of the increasing importance of health and safety has become a second nature for Dubai’s hotels and resorts.
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Hurler killed in Dubai car crash
A Limerick school teacher has been killed in a road traffic collision in Dubai. Paul Carey, 41, had been planning a move back to Ireland with wife Anna, after living in Dubai for eight years. A keen …
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Unlock, travel: Solo travel picks up pace, customised self-driven options take the front seat
Immersive, not superficial-touristy travel is the buzzword now. Overcoming a nine-month locked-in period-of-sorts, travel enthusiasts are getting back to what they do best. Of course, destinations …
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Abu Dhabi Crown Prince congratulates Joe Biden on U.S. election win
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan congratulated Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday on winning the U.S. election. “Congratulations to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris …
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Dirty money Dubai
It’s a playground for the world’s rich and dubious – like the Guptas – where global corruption is the game, but Dubai’s days of impunity may be numbered.
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UAE legal overhaul could decriminalise alcohol, cohabitation to draw foreigners
The United Arab Emirates plans to decriminalise “actions that don’t harm others”, potentially ending punishments for alcohol consumption or cohabitation by unwed couples in the expatriate-dominated …
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UAE Cancels Lenient Penalties for ‘Honor Killings’
The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday it was canceling lenient penalties for so-called “honor killings” and amending inheritance laws for residents as part of a reform of personal and family laws …
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UAE legal reform sees tougher penalties for family killings of women
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has toughened penalties for the killing of women by family members as part of an overhaul of the country’s Islamic laws. The UAE’s government said it would repeal a law …
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What does ‘defenestrate’ mean? Sharjah book fair fans hear from leading authors
Sharjah: All art comes from an unlikely source — the “discomfort” in this word — Yann Martel, the best-selling author of Life of Pi, which was turned into an award-winning movie, said during a Sharjah …
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UAE relaxes Islamic laws on alcohol and cohabitation, criminalizes ‘honor’ killings
The broadening of personal freedoms reflects the changing profile of the skyscraper-studded Arab Gulf country.
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Criminalizing ‘honor killings’ and allowing cohabitation: UAE relaxes series of Islamic laws
The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday a major overhaul of the country’s Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, …
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UAE says it will relax Islamic personal laws on drinking, cohabitation
The UAE government outlined the changes in greater detail in state … As part of the agreement, Israel agreed to suspend plans to annex territory in the West Bank that was outlined in President Trump …
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Get one-bedroom apartments in Abu Dhabi for as low as Dh32,000
Al Raha Beach, located on Dubai-Abu Dhabi highway, offers rents between Dh60,000 to Dh70,000. – Mid-end properties in Khalifa & MBZ City cost between Dh42,000 to Dh70,000 per annum. High-end …
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Sharjah Ruler orders purchase of Dh10 million worth of books at SIBF
To support the global publishing industry, the Ruler of Sharjah has ordered the allocation of Dh10 million for the purchase of books exhibited at the 39th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF), it …
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Shaikh Sultan earmarks Dh10m for Arabic and foreign books at Sharjah book fair
Sharjah: His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, has ordered the allocation of Dh10 million for the purchase of titles in Arabic …
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Sharjah’s package will open more investment avenues
The generous second package of incentives which comes under the directives of His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, and Sheikh Sultan Bin …
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