It has been pointed out that some people might take offence at using the picture of Sheikh Zayed that you can see top right.
For the record, it was put there out of respect and relevance as Sheikh Zayed created the UAE, and is supposed to be a kind of artistic-ised version of the official portrait. It is supposed to look dignified, but (not having the talents of Leonardo da Vinci) perhaps it hasn't turned out that way!
Getting people offended is never a good idea, and this is supposed to be a community blog where members get a say in how things look, so feedback and suggestions on this subject are very welcome. Please do comment if you find it inappropriate and why, to help give some guidelines on more appropriate images.
Ideally, a random image pic would be great: so we could have a set of a dozen or so, and fix some sort of javascript array to pick one at random when someone visits the site. Input from webmasters here would be extremely welcome, otherwise it's off to the Javascript source and hours of frustrated fiddling with incomprehensible code.
16 August, 2005
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2 comments:
I think the picture is great. It really does show respect to a great leader. But if the authorities dont like it, you may be forced to change it. They don't usually like the association unless it is offcially sought. Why not pre-empt them and find another UAE symbol, such as a camel, kandura, abaya, or that funny little shisha man down below.
Sohail
If you google (images) for Sheih Zayed you will see tones of such images. I don't see a problem, we respect him and it's a great graphic.
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