UAE Community Blog

Australian Sheila in dress-ups In Australia, "Sheila" is a term for a woman. It's fairly archaic now - generally only used ...

From the Economist.... THE citizens of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) do not enjoy a vote but they relish a bit of artistic agitation. Ear...

I stumbled upon an interesting documentary titled "Aqeel the VHS Collector"; you can read a little about the background of the vid...

'More than 130 artists have said they will boycott the Guggenheim museum in Abu Dhabi over what they say is exploitation of foreign wor...

It's Friday morning . I've been in Dubai long enough now that I don't accidentally call it Saturday any more. To my right is...

I'm sure everyone here has ventured to Mall of the Emirates and seen the 50 meter deep queues at Etisalat's outlet. The majority o...

In continuation with my earlier write-up, Fareed Zakaria over at CNN has written an interesting article about the recent earthquake in Jap...

Guess what? After the inheritance emails, there's a new scam in town. A couple of co-workers are getting emails supposedly from the US S...

I've been constantly following the nuclear plant explosion in Japan post yesterday's earthquake and it brings to mind stories my par...

The Washington Post has a long article today on the lack of politics in Dubai. Nothing new uncovered, but still worth a look. Some of it is...

What kind of poison did A.A. Gill have for breakfast that caused him to spew such a disgusting torrent of racist, slanderous vitriol on Duba...

Following a link from John Chilton's recent post, I pasted the following link one post down. NZM (thanks) thought it would be an inter...

Is there a reason the UAE Community Blog doesn't deal with topical, contentious issues? I remember a time when it was less apolitical. I...

Calling all geeks in Abu Dhabi - GeekFest is coming to your city! After the success of GeekFests in Dubai and with several others popping up...

I have been meaning to post here for days. Sorry it's late, but you never know - there might be someone out there who's missed this....