· September, 2006

Stories about United Arab Emirates from September, 2006

United Arab Emirates: Etisalat obstructing business

  25 September 2006

Going back to the early seventies, companies left Beirut because of the civil war and re-located largely to Cyprus, Athens, Dubai, Bahrain. Many of those which had gone to Cyprus & Athens re-re-located because telecommunications were so bad. Many came on to Dubai because telecommunications were so good. A lesson...

United Arab Emirates: Accidents by Nationality

5 September 2006

A newspaper report that statistics show Indians and Pakistanis in Dubai are the worst drivers and caused most accidents in Dubai in the first half of the year. Seabee wonders why accidents need to be presented by nationality. “If statistics are going to be presented in that way, then let's...

Armenia: Desert Nights

  5 September 2006

Blogger Ara Manoogian helped make a documentary on the trafficking of Armenian women to the UAE for prostitution. After hosting the video on YouTube, he reports that the popular video site is now blocked in the UAE for some users. He provides an alternate link for the documentary.