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DCD Fire Fighters Using Jetskis & Jetpacks

7 years ago
Dubai’s Civil Defence recently launched “Dolphin”, a jetski service aimed at reducing the time needed to extinguish fires, especially when there’s a heavy traffic around. The jetski comes equipped with a jetpack which the firefighter ...
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Emirati Lana Zaki Nusseibeh To Preside UN-Women Executive Board for 2017

7 years ago
Back in September 2013, Lana Nusseibeh became the first Emirati woman to be appointed as Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations in New York. On Monday January 16, H.E. Ms. ...
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Qatar & the UAE Have the Fastest Broadband Internet In The Middle East [2016]

7 years ago
US-based cloud services provider Akamai published its Q3 2016 internet connectivity report which includes “data gathered from across the Akamai Intelligent Platform, covering Internet connection speeds and broadband adoption metrics across both fixed and mobile ...
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Video: Coldplay LIVE in Abu Dhabi on New Year’s Eve 2016

7 years ago
A friend of mine attended Coldplay’s epic concert in Abu Dhabi on NYE and sent me several videos which I compiled into one. A Sky Full Of Stars, Clocks, Yellow and Fix You are some ...
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UAE Launches The Food Bank

7 years ago
2017 was declared the “Year or Giving” by the President of the UAE, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan in an attempt “to promote a culture of giving back to the community, and ...
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Keeping Wild Animals as Pets Now Banned in The UAE

7 years ago
The United Arab Emirates has officially outlawed keeping wild animals, like cheetahs, lions or tigers, as pets. These animals can now only be kept in zoos, wildlife parks, circuses, and breeding and research centres. [BBC] ...
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Dubai Welcomes 2017 With Dazzling Displays of Fireworks

7 years ago
Dubai welcomed 2017 with another spectacular display of fireworks that lasted over 8 minutes with Burj Khalifa at its center. Celebrations took place all over Dubai where thousands gathered to witness the fireworks in Burj ...
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A Priest and Imam Meet for a Cup of Tea

7 years ago
This is one of my favorite holiday ads. Amazon chose to highlight a moment of friendship between a Christian and a Muslim to tackle Islamophobia, and show that people from different backgrounds and religions can ...
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Celebrating Arabic Language Day

8 years ago
Being a Lebanese, I could not relate to most of the terms used by the Emirati & Iraqi. They should have brought in an Egyptian as well. Happy Arabic Language Day ? ...
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Egypt’s Abla Fahita Visits Dubai

8 years ago
That’s one hilarious and funny way to promote Dubai. For those who are not familiar with Abla Fahita, she is a popular puppet character from Egypt. ...
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