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Dubai was the center of attention again last week as it spent $20 million on an exorbitantly lavish, all-night party to celebrate the opening of its [...]
Despite Ban, Leviev to Sell Jewelry at Grand Opening of Atlantis Hotel in Dubai
Unconfirmed Report says Leviev to Attend Atlantis Opening
Adalah-NY has learned that the jewelry of Israeli billionaire and settlement-builder Lev Leviev will be on sale at this week’s gala opening of the luxury hotel Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai. Despite Leviev’s on-going construction [...]
Even as the Burj Dubai, touted to become the world’s tallest building nears completion, plans have been announced for a new kilometre-high tower in Dubai - UAE. The project, inspired by Islamic design and geometry, will be located at the upcoming New Dubai development area near Jebel Ali.
If you think you have seen it all, think again and watch this.
The following article was published on Khaleej Times, 10th Sept.
Dubai - Stretching its six intertwining building components into a tower 2.4 kilometres high, Dubai City Tower is expected to be the latest architectural vision to capture the attention of citizens.
The ‘Vertical City’, as [...]
A Jewish-Palestinian advocacy group held a thank-you rally outside the UAE’s representative office in New York on Tuesday over the country’s stand on not allowing a controversial Israeli businessman from opening a store in Dubai.
The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East (Adalah) gathered on Tuesday outside the UAE representative office in New York city [...]
The government of Dubai recently allowed a major bankroller of Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank to open at least two Jewelry stores in the Gulf emirate.
According to reliable sources in the United Arab Emirates, of which Dubai is a key member-state, Israeli billionaire and diamond magnate Lev Leviev is preparing to open two [...]
New York human rights activists, and representatives of the West Bank Palestinian villages of Bil’in and Jayyous called on the government and the people of the United Arab Emirates to boycott the jewelry stores of Israeli billionaire and diamond magnate Lev Leviev over his companies’ construction of Israeli settlements. According to a flurry of recent [...]
If you thought that Burj Dubai is the end of the “Arabian Dream”, you are mistaken.
The new race in the Arab World (to be particular, the Gulf region) is building the highest towers.
Few years ago, Dubai announced that they are going to spend few “Billions” of Dollars to build the highest tower in the world, [...]
One of the biggest criticisms of Dubai has always been the traffic congestion, ask me about it as I lived there for six years.
In an effort to reduce the traffic, Dubai, opened a floating bridge which connect the two sides of the creek - Deira and Bur Dubai.
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The Floating Bridge [...]
Marwa from Lebanon is considered as one of the most famous Arabic pop music artists in the Middle East, characterized by an exceptional appearance on stage and on our Arab Music TV channels!!! (pic via Waleg)
In an unexpected move from within Dubai, Lt-Gen. Dhahi Khalfan (Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police) inaugurating an awareness campaign [...]
So, what’s new at Dubai? The latest project is called the Falcon City of Wonders and is a $1.5 billion bird-shaped city which will include life-size replicas of seven wonders of the world as well as offices, shops and flats.
Three buildings will be modeled on structures that were part of the original list of the [...]
The affluent Gulf desert emirate of Dubai is to build a giant “Golf City” including five new courses at an estimated cost of 6.5 billion dirhams (1.7 billion dollars).
17-year-old boy and 19-year-old girl, both UAE nationals, were each sentenced to spend one month in jail. The teenagers were exchanging “indecent” pictures through their cellphones and sending pornographic pictures through email. The Dubai Court of First Instance heard that one of the girl’s friends was jealous of the relationship she had with her male [...]
Via: PalestineBlogs.com
Billionaire Mohammad al-Abbar said he would pay $56m for the 21 settlements, earmarked for evacuation this year.
al-Abbar (chairman of Dubai-based Emaar Properties) met Ariel Sharon and Shimon Peres in the highest-level contact between the two countries. Emaar is the right hand of Dubai government and owns nearly everything in Dubai. Although we know that [...]
Forget Space Tourism, Go Underwater.
If you want to discover future travel trends, SPACE.com is the place to go. In “The Future of Travel: Aquatic to Cosmic Destinations,” you’ll see that space-based hotels, if technologically feasible, will probably not be affordable for a mass market. Other future concepts include helium-filled airship hotels, or Hydropolis, a $500-million [...]
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