The UAE Blog

According to AutoBlog.com, Dubai’s crown prince, H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has decided to give him his own island located in “The World”. The island, part of the Antarctica portion is worth seven million dollars.

Read More about it here:
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/27/michael-schumacher-for-the-man-that-has-everything

Asghar Khan and Kiran Prasad/Gulf News

More pictures in this link from Gulf News Newspaper:
http://archive.gulfnews.com/nation/General/10075766.html

A new website for Fragrances and Books in UAE.

Link:
http://www.souk.ae/

It is referred to by the designers of the site as “The search engine and web directory for the United Arab Emirates (UAE)”. It helped me find the dealers for some of the products I bought from dubai. It was very straight forward and useful.

Guggenheim Foundation will create a new modern and contemporary art museum on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi. It will be designed by Frank Gehry and it will be the largest worldwide.

Link: BBC

Watch the World Cup in Dubai Media City

Congratulations to all the faithful supporters of Al Ahli Club.  Congratulations to our sister site maintainers at http://www.alahliclub.com and all the forum contributors and maintainers and thank you for all the support. Enjoy the win Watch Dubai Sports Channel live here: http://www.live.ae/

I Challenge you in a World Cup predictions game! I do this every world cup and I have never lost to anyone (yet!). Entries must be in by the end of June 8th GMT. All you have to do is fill out your predictions here and email them to me at: I-know-I-will-loose-but-here-it-goes {at} marwan (dot) com. To win, you have to score more points than me and be the highest point scorer amongst all entries. The winner will win this fabulous trophy:

In addition to bragging rights of course If the winner agrees, I can publish his/her name at the end of the world cup on my blog. Disclaimer: This competition is for fun, so don’t take it too seriously and don’t loose your sleep on it! This should not be considered as gambling in any way, shape, of form! Special thanks to Top Corner for the the creation of the XLS sheet!

UPDATE: I received emails from some of my friends (mostly women! Asking for.. ahum… Instructions!). So, here you go, ladies:

Instructions:  

1. Download and open the xls sheet in Exel.
2. There should be two pages: a “your predictions” page and a “the results” page.
3. In “your predictions” page, ONLY fill out the score for each match (in the gray boxes). The 16 round, semi-final, and final fixtures are shown automatically depending on your predictions.
4. After you fill up the “your predictions” page, email it to me (before June 9th).
5. When the world cup starts, start filling up “the results” page after each game. You will notice that the points change depending on how accurate you predictions were!
6. I will update my results after each game too and let you know of my points.
7. After the world cup, I will publish the winner’s points and my points.
8. I will send the winner the keychain

The Conference will feature international, GCC, and Arab ministers, senior government officials, senior executives, and prominent industry speakers and experts. Presentations will provide practical, up-to-date information across the entire securities markets landscape, and uncover new initiatives, developments and trends in the UAE and region.

Link:
Securities Markets Conference 2006 

The Dubai Life - The Latest Dubai News, Dubai Property News, Dubai Business News, Dubai Real Estate. Kinda sounds like TheUAE.com Don’t you think?

Watch the promotional video below or visit the official site.

Links: 
Promotional Video
Official Site

Limos include: Hummer H1 and H2, Cadillac Escalade, Excursion SUV, Chrysler C300, Lincoln Tiger, Lincoln Tuxedo, Mercedes S 350, Cadillac Deville, and BMW 750 L7.

Link:
Dubai Exotic Limo - Home Page

Read Shaikh Mohammed’s new book which talks about the vision behind the outstanding accomplishments, that included transforming the UAE and Dubai from their role as a regional powerhouse to their new and advanced role as international economic and financial centres.

Links:
Khaleej Times
Gulf News

The long awaited maintenance of TheUAE.com is finally here.  I will try to update the site with news and links as much as I can. I will aslo try to make this site as interactive as possible and your comments are always welcome.