Perfect for the business traveller or the adventurous tourist, this comprehensive guide covers everything from gold-buying tips to desert safaris. Maps detail self-guided walking tours of the historic old town and the hurly-burly souqs. Excursions to archaeological sites and the Al-Ain oasis are also featured.
While living in Dubai may require working hard there is also an endless stream of fresh and funky venues where you can play hard too. The exquisite new dining and drinking guide from Explorer Publishing, Posh Nosh, Cheap Eats and Star ...
EMPLOYMENT ISSUES: Expatriate staff employed in Dubai must be sponsored by their employer for UAE residency and work visas. The employer must hold a valid operating licence from the concerned Dubai licensing authority in order to ...
Heritage Attractions Dubai Museum The Dubai Museum is housed within the beautifully restored Al Fahidi Fort, which was built around 1787 to defend the city against invasion The museum's diverse collection of exhibits gives a fascinating ...
'Winning Expo 2020 marked the city's coronation and the world could no longer deny Dubai its rightful status as one of the era's more illustrious cities.' — Soroosh Shahrivar, The Rise of Shams ...
1820 Dubai signs the 'General Maritime Peace Treaty' with Britain 1833 Dubai becomes an independent settlement of Abu Dhabi; rule of the Maktoum family begins 1841 Smallpox epidemic breaks out in Bur Dubai 1892 Trucial States are ...
Sheikh Zayed Road is, after all, Dubai's main thoroughfare, its two walls of skyscrapers one of the city's more forbidding emblems of the new “Muhammedan era.” In the vicinity of an approximately five-mile stretch of Sheikh Zayed Road ...
INTERVIEW Fahad Al Gergawi CEO, DUBAI INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT AGENCY GLOBAL gateway Dubai's success in attracting new investors and retaining old ones is rooted in its economic diversity and openness to employ capital, innovation, ...
Facebook recently announced its aim to expand its presence in the GCC region by establishing an office in Dubai. ... DEDICATED FREE ZONES: Dubai's government has drawn on the success of its free zone development model to set up several ...
Dubai's manufacturing sector is very concentrated, with the top-four segments accounting for around 70% of imports, and 72% of exports and re-exports. State-owned Emirates Global Aluminium is the fifth-largest primary aluminium producer.
Today, the leaders of Dubai are similarly challenging their citizens. By sensibly investing oil revenues, establishing a businessfriendly environment, running an open and honest government, and encouraging tolerance, Dubai is ...