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The Importance of Community
They say you only truly know your strength when you are tested, but that is also when you find out your capacity for grace and kindness. In recent weeks the Middle East region has certainly been tested, and it has shown how strong it can be, but, perhaps more impactfully, its nations, governments and people
March 27, 2026
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Emirates ID typing service only at upgraded centres
Dubai: There are currently around 314 typing centres in the UAE still authorised to provide the e-form typing service for Emirates ID, after a grace period to meet new standards expired on July 28, the Emirates Identity Authority has said. Only those typing centres who confirm to new standards, enforced since August 1, can continue
UAE’s Masdar says Mauritania solar project 50% completed
Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s future energy company, has announced that it had passed the halfway mark in its project to construct a 16.6MW solar power plant network in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Masdar broke ground on the project in December and when complete, the network of eight solar power plants will almost double the UAE’s
Oman begins construction on new Rotana Hotel
The Sundus Rotana Hotel is scheduled to launch in February 2017, marking the start of the first phase of the mega Sundus Airport Heights project in Oman. Mohammed al Ardhi, Chairman of Sundus Investments and Selim el Zyr, Vice Chairman of Rotana laid the foundation block of Sundus Rotana Hotel to commemorate the beginning of
August 22, 2016
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Now at No. 2: Dubai climbs notch higher among world’s cities with most-improved liveability
Dubai: Dubai has topped cities in the Middle East and climbed a notch higher at No. 2 among the world’s cities with “most-improved liveability”. In 2015, it was ranked No. 3 under the same category. Dubai’s ranking as the second most-improved city in Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Ranking in 2016 saw its rise in
Free energy within reach of UAE residents
Dubai: When German expatriate Johannes Waimer saw an oil drum in the Bahamas, he never thought that he could re-imagine it and design it into a water heater requiring no power and one that saves tonnes of carbon emissions yearly. Waimer, a solar consultant with Premier Solar Technologies, was sailing in the Caribbean in 1989
August 19, 2016
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DNA checks to cover all citizens, expats, bedoun – Plan to limit foreigners stay in country
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 18: The DNA fingerprinting will cover all people living in Kuwait – citizens, expatriates, bedoun and even people arriving in the country on visit visas, reports Al-Shahed daily. The daily added, the government has imported the machinery needed for the process and it is no longer needed to send the samples abroad.
Foreign investment in Qatar grows to $144 billion
Total foreign investment in Qatar has amounted to an estimated $144 billion (QR 526 billion), according to the Qatar foreign investment survey 2015 released by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) on Wednesday. The survey revealed that the country’s total inward investments increased by $440 million (QR1.6 billion) from 2013 to 2014, reported
Nakheel begins work on $245mn Deira Islands resort
Nakheel and Spanish hospitality firm, RIU Hotels & Resorts (RIU), has started the development of their $245mn, 800-room resort and waterpark at Dubai’s Deira Islands. The joint venture (JV) has appointed Dar Al Handasah consultants for the project, with the company to oversee design, engineering and construction supervision at the resort. A construction tender is
UAE residents gear up for Eid holiday
Dubai: Tour specialists in the UAE are seeing an unprecedented surge in travel bookings for the upcoming Eid Al Adha holidays even before the official dates are announced. Agencies confirmed that they have been swamped with booking requests, with airline tickets to nearby destinations, as well as hotel rooms, selling very fast as residents anticipate
August 18, 2016
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