· May, 2008

Stories about United Arab Emirates from May, 2008

UAE: Googling what?

  27 May 2008

UAE blogger Fahad looks at what internet surfers in the United Arab Emirates are Googling and shares his findings in this post.

Saudi Arabia: Dhahran Under Siege

  21 May 2008

Saudi Arabia hosted the Gulf Cooperation Council's Summit in its Eastern province, bringing the leaders of Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and the UAE under one roof - and holding the residents of Dhahran and Dammam hostage for the duration of their meeting as all the main highways leading to and from the city were shut.

UAE: Homemade Food from Damascus

  20 May 2008

Syrian blogger Kinan, who lives in the UAE, got urgent home made food supplies from his grandmother – sent to him all the way from Damascus.

UAE: Adorable Old Colleague

  20 May 2008

Kinan Jarjous, who lives in the UAE, writes about an elderly colleague with him in his office and says: “She's soooooooooooooo adoooooorablllllllllleeeeeeeeeee I want to gobble her all up!”

Dubai: Whales and Planktons

  12 May 2008

Jordanian blogger Sha3teely is in Dubai for a few days and shares his feelings and some photographs in this post. “This trip simply showed me how much poor, unimportant, dispensable and small creature I am… it showed me how big is the world and how far are we. It showed...