Dubai’s Crown Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed al-Maktoum said he … a move HRW said showed “complete intolerance of peaceful dissent”. The UAE’s official news agency, WAM, said Mr Mansoor had been held “on suspicion of using social media sites to publish …
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Dh7m in prizes given at Shaikh Zayed Book Awards
Abu Dhabi: The 11th Shaikh Zayed Book Awards awarded Dh7 million in prizes to eight winners, for their cultural contribution to society at a ceremony held at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair on Sunday. Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al …
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Dubai Introduces Its Own Font, Lauding Free Expression It Does Not Permit
As it turns out, though, there are quite a few boundaries and limits on expression in Dubai and across the United Arab Emirates, where the news media is censored to remove criticism of the government or the coalition of royal families that controls it.
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Dubai unveils official new font
Dubai: Tired of Times New Roman and over Arial? Dubai’s government might have the solution. Called simply ‘Dubai Font,’ the new Arabic and Latin type styles are now freely available for the whole world to use. With its simple, San Serif Latin …
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Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad introduces Dubai Font
Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum has launched the Dubai Font — Microsoft’s first font to be created by a city and named after it — in line with the UAE’s vision to …
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5 popular destinations for UAE property investors
According to a new survey, 13 per cent of the UAE’s residents have plans to invest in property overseas in the next year. The annual YouGov survey conducted by IP Global, a property investment company named North America, UK, Germany and Australia the …
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7 Things that Make Dubai a Heaven for International Property Investors
While there are ups and downs in the global real estate market, Dubai remains right at the top and these 7 factors make it a heaven for the international property investors. One of the biggest benefits of buying a property in Dubai is that the economy of …
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UAE’s battle-hardened military expands into Africa, Mideast
Juma Ali Khalaf al-Hamiri, a senior Emirati military official, said in a statement on the state-run WAM news agency. Media in Colombia have also reported that Colombian nationals working as mercenaries serve in the UAE’s military. In 2014, the UAE …
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Dh3.4 billion worth of transactions registered in Dubai prime residential market in Q1 2017
Amid all the buzz on affordable housing, Dubai’s luxury property seems to be holding its own. And there are ample takers for higher priced properties in Dubai as well. In the first three months of 2017, transactions of Dh1 million and more made up 64 per …
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Taj targets The Palm for third Dubai property
Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces will be opening a Taj hotel in Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah, marking its third landfall in the city, with its existing Taj hotel in Downtown Dubai and upcoming Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) Vivanta by Taj property, Taj Dubai general …
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Emirati teenager releases second book at book fair
Abu Dhabi: With Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF … so to have the sequel now just feels really amazing,” Al Naqbi told Gulf News. “The first book ended with a cliffhanger so that provoked me even more to write the second part,” she said.
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Dubai’s Catholic parish church marks 50 years
Dubai: History is usually told in the written form. On Thursday night, the story of St Mary’s Catholic Church parish’s 50 years in Dubai was told not only with words but — in the city’s typical innovative fashion — with a computer-driven laser light …
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Dubai gears up to operate flying taxis by 2020
The statement comes after Uber at its inaugural Elevate Summit in the US announced Dubai as one of the two partner cities for the project, the other being Dallas, Texas. Speaking to Gulf News, Chris Free, the general manager of Uber UAE, shared more detail …
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Abu Dhabi hospital offers treatment to ‘world’s heaviest woman’
Speaking to Gulf News over the phone from Mumbai, Dr Vayalil said: “I am very happy to be able to assist Eman in her journey of good health. Our hospital team was the first to offer her the bariatric surgery and airlift her to Abu Dhabi from Alexandria …
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UAE’s first solar-powered gas station opens in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A government oil company in the United Arab Emirates says it has opened the country’s first solar-powered gas station in Dubai. The Dubai-owned Emirates National Oil Company said on Wednesday the service station on the city’s …
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UAE jails businessman for trying to ship generator to Iran: agency
the UAE state news agency said. Iran emerged from years of economic isolation last year when world powers led by the United States and European Union lifted sanctions in return for curbs on Iran’s nuclear work meant to ensure it can’t be put to developing …
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Dubai Police to have bicycle patrols in all stations
Major-General Abdullah Khalifa Al Merri, Commander-in-Chief of the Dubai Police, reviewed the bicycle training course at the Dubai Police headquarters. The idea of launching the new cycle patrol is for faster response to emergencies. Major-General Khalil …
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