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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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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: 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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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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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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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: 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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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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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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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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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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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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Dubai: Dubai Police are keen to use artificial intelligence and enabling integrated communication with neighbouring countries and other parties to enhance safety and security at major events like Expo 2020. Brigadier Abdullah Ali Al Gaithi, director of …
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These are external links and will open in a new window An Egyptian woman believed to have been the world’s heaviest is to be moved to the UAE after a row over her weight loss at the Indian hospital she was being treated at. Mumbai’s Saifee hospital said …
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according to UAE News Agency (WAM). The current cycle of the fair was organised by Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority with the participation of 1,320 exhibitors representing 65 countries from around the world, with over 500,000 titles in over 30 …
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The family took the decision after a group of experts visited her at the Mumbai hospital, where she is being treated (From left) Eman’s sister Shaimaa with the team from the Abu Dhabi hospital that came to check Eman’s reports yesterday afternoon The saga …
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Residents can expect usual morning rush traffic from Sharjah to Dubai this Thursday according to live updates from TrafficDXB and Google. So far, only a single accident has been reported. An accident occurred along Al Khail Road just before the Meydan exit …
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