Abu Dhabi and Dubai Blog

Since the length of the room is only slightly larger than the height of an adult male, the workers have to make vertical arrangements by having two sleep on a two-level bunk bed while the other two sleep on the tiles beneath. A fan is attached to a wall to keep them cool.

http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Housing_and_Property/10258079.html

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The UAE has just released its first national report on human rights, which outlines different ways the country can move forward in the areas of women’s rights, labour conditions, and other domains. In other news an Emirates citizen was recently sentenced to death for possession of an unspecified quantity of drugs.

Paris Hilton could be the latest in a constellation of stars to light up Dubai’s property sector, in a possible $2 million (Dh7.3 million) deal with Abu Dhabi-based developer, Hydra Properties.

http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Real_Estate_Property/10256848.html

A small sample of some of the more notable detainees of the many hundreds of foreigners arrested and imprisoned in Dubai for relatively small offences. Though they are privileged by their countries of origin and status, resulting in many early releases and pardons, spending even a month in jail for posession of perscription medication may be a frustrating experience.

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The vast Dubai Mall shopping centre is finally set to open for business on Tuesday but the success of the 20-billion-dollar project is far from certain amid the global economic crisis.

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Dubai is the site of many of the world’s largest artificial islands, including The World, and the Palm Islands. In the city’s never ending succession of larger and larger projects, bigger things are soon to come, including The Universe islands, and the Dubai Waterfront. The latter is potentially the largest man-made development project ever, let alone the largest group of artificial islands. All this, as well as the myriad of bays being created, and creeks filled in, has necessitated the large-scale movement of sand – dredging.

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