Stories about United Arab Emirates from October, 2005
United Arab Emirates: Milton Keynes @ Dubai
Feed Your Head of Dubai Blog says that he is the only one who sees the similarity between Dubai and Milton Keynes. After all, he believes that Dubai for most people is a hotel. Looks shiny and nice on the surface but is ultimately soulless and if you look carefully...
United Arab Emirates: After Iftar, Sniftar
Keefieboy describing pubs at Dubai: “Iftar is the breaking of the fast after sundown during Ramadan. Sniftar is a poetic misspelling of ‘snifter’ to make it rhyme with iftar.”
United Arab Emirates: Spinsterhood
Emirati says that spinsterhood is a major topic of discussion in the Emirates. The Phenomena of unmarried young women, who cannot get married because other Emarati guys have married foreigners, leaving them in a dire position which is very widespread.
United Arab Emirates: Inflation
Keefieboy from Adventures in Dubai writes that the UAE is suffering from serious inflation these days, and it has just been announced that fees for several Government services will be increased soon.
United Arab Emirates: Transportation Prices
The Emirates Economist says that Dubai and Sharjah taxis have raised fares. Not surprising given the 35% increase in petrol prices.
United Arab Emirates: Unskilled Labour Figures
Secret Dubai diary writes that UAE labour figures are always startling. There are around one million Asian migrants working as unskilled labourers in the UAE, nearly a quarter of the ~4.5 million population.