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DUBAI THEN & NOW

R M Nair

Four thousand years ago, fishermen lived along the Gulf coast where Dubai stands today. By 1830s AD, still a fishing village, the place came to be inhabited by the Bani Yas tribe, whose vocation was also fishing. Its chief family called Maktoum still rules the emirate today. Fishing and pearl-diving were the traditional occupations of the coast, but in the interior, nomads had a hard life roaming with their camels in the desert. Though there existed ancient trade routes, by the turn of the 19th century, Dubai was emerging as a world class coastal port and trading centre.

The 20th century oil boom pitch-forked the emirate onto the front rank of developing nations. It was no more a British protectorate. Dubai joined six other emirates in 1971 to form a federation called United Arab Emirates. The six others are Abu Dhabi, the Capital city, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwaim, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujeirah.

Located on the southern shore of the Gulf, the cosmopolitan Dubai leads the Middle-East today. It has earned in course of time a reputation of being a world famous centre for sports, games, conferences, exhibitions and tourism. It is a shopper's paradise too.

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DUBAI: Dubai will have 400 more air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned bus shelters in the next two years. The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has awarded the contract for the project to Right Angle Media. There will be wi-fi facility also. The project will be operated by Right Angle Media, a company that also operates the existing bus shelters. To be operated on the public-private- partnership model, the project will bring the total number of bus shelters in Dubai to 1,295.
ABU DHABI: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has said that the UAE is a favourite destination and a perfect environment for entrepreneurs and innovators from across the world. "We have great expectations from entrepreneurs because we believe in their unlimited innovative ideas," Sheikh Mohammed said as he received a delegation from the United Nation's Global Entrepreneurs Council. The Council has selected Ohood Al Roumi, Director-General of the Prime Minister Office of the UAE, as its first Arab member. He said, "We have great confidence in the young generation."
DUBAI: Women of New Dubai are feeling unsafe as unidentified men are stalking them, according to complaints to the police. According to Gulf News, residents of Jumeirah Village Circle (JVC) have raised concerns on social media about the stalkers, claiming they have been followed them while walking their dogs or running errands. It has also been brought to public that the stalkers follow women by driving slowly behind them in their tinted SUVs.
ABU DHABI: The ISAF Sailing World Cup is being organised in Abu Dhabi for the championship’s final. Ten Olympic sailing categories will compete with an open kiteboarding event joining the programme. Held from October 27 to November 1, 2015 the event begins at 11.30 am, at Breakwater, between the Corniche and Lulu Island, Abu Dhabi. Watch the racing is free. The base for the fleet is at the Abu Dhabi Sailing and Yacht Club opposite Marina Mall. It’s a great place to watch the regatta from as you’ll be in the thick of the action. You can also watch the regatta from anywhere along the Corniche.
ABU DHABI: The fatwa issued by the Islamic affairs authority cited a number of Hadith about fasting on Ashura day. The day of Ashura (Muharram 10) will be observed on Saturday (October 24) as the new Hijri year, Muharram 1, 1437, began on Thursday (October 15), according to an edict issued here on Thursday by the Centre of Fatwa of the General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Awqaf. The fatwa issued by the Islamic affairs authority cited a number of Hadith about fasting on Ashura day. "Fasting on the Ashura day is atonement for sins," said the dictum.



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