BBC Prime axed

E Vision, the TV arm of Etisalat have axed BBC Prime from their Firstnet budget package. Now homesick brits in need of their Eastenders fix will have to pay 50 dirhams a month more for the Orbit package to receive the channel.

Outrage! Call, e mail, write and complain!!

A Shout Out To the Shaheen Brothers

Today the ISAFNations Cup challenge starts and I just wanted to give a shout out to my former students, Skipper, Ahmed Shaheen and his little brother Omar, who will be racing to win at the Dubai International Marine Club.
See you at the Grand Finals! InshaAllah!

The Enquirer - Faculty, students share impressions

The Enquirer - Faculty, students share impressions of Dubai

Northern Kentuckians discovered the merits of an autocracy.

one big construction site just got a setback

Construction companies struggle to entice Indian workers to UAE

(Gulf News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)Dubai: Contracting companies are increasingly finding Indian workers turning down construction job offers because salaries here are too low while wages in India are rising.

One of the companies' officials and many labour agents have said it is increasingly difficult to convince Indian professionals and labourers to work in the UAE, because salaries here are stagnant against rising inflation, while the Indian economy is booming.

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AD, no freehold for foreigners | Real Estate

AD, no freehold for foreigners :: AMEInfo fn
Ex ports, Ex pats?

If a similar law had existed in the US then we could have avoided all this messy ports business to begin with. But it doesn't. Foreigners can own land in the US.

So the US gets egg on its face when its legislators insist that there be exceptions - that certain land cannot be owned by certain foreigners. At least Abu Dhabi is treating all foreigners equally.

Bill and Hillary Clinton were not available for comment.

Posts that contain UAE per day for the last 30 days.

Get your own chart!

TAGS: UAE, ports, freehold

Complete with fool service history

Who wouldn't love drivin' this around the Emirates?

April Fool ya'll. :)

"This necklace screams bling"

Actually, it doesn't. It screams Allah.

Dubai has too many freaking cranes.

Plant dealers and hire companies from across the globe are descending on Dubai to source machinery, as a global shortage of kit forces them to buy machines from overseas.

The increased demand from overseas buyers has pushed up second-hand kit prices by as much as 20% over the last year, according to local plant dealers.

Read the rest of the article or eat a cookie or something.

Can anyone help?!

Some poor soul dropped by my blog from the following Google search:

dubai arabic russian pakistani girls mobile number

Surely someone must be acquainted with the very multicultural lady he is clearly trying to track down?

;)

A Year in the Umma

Bill Gates Celebrates the First Anniversary of His Conversion to Islam

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The US government has a new website....

The US government has a new website, It's another attempt at scare mongering in the style of the old "duck and cover" advice after WWII.

• Biological Threat
• Chemical Threat
• Explosions
• Nuclear Blast
• Radiation Threat
• Natural Disasters

Check out Underground Dubai for more links and stuff.....

::::Falak Properties Your Lifestyle::::

::::Falak Properties Your Lifestyle::::

File under: Can't make this stuff up.

Falak? Falak properties? Try saying that quickly three times in a row.

Lifestyle? As in code words in condom and Viagra ads?

I am, euphemistically yours.

Beautiful Bubbly

It's been a few days, so let's get some feedback. What did you all think about The Dubai World Cup this year? Fabulous? Waste of time? Great champagne? Some views here but let's see what others say.

RAK enters NCAA Final Four: Washington Post

Link - GMU-RAK is the cinderella team out of the Mideast Regional of the NCAA basketball tournament (also known as March Madness).

Sports, not ports.

Another Dubai Article

This one's quite fresh: UK Financial Times