Tips, tricks, tweaks, quirks and kinks, whatever we’ve stumbled upon in Abu Dhabi, we’ll share with you here. You can do your bit too – fill us in on any city secrets you may be keeping … ...
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Emirates Palace is awash with superlatives, as you’d expect from a $3bn project that was ready within just three years and has become an iconic landmark for Abu Dhabi. Here are some of the...
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The modern state of Abu Dhabi traces its origins to the rise of an important tribal confederation, the Bani Yas, in the 18th century. The Bani Yas probably did not have a common ancestry, instead...
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The British-drafted provisional constitution for the new United Arab Emirates was signed on 2nd December 1971; but it remained provisional for some years, with each Emirate still largely autonomous...
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This month sees the introduction of the new UAE nationwide driving license and car registration regulations. Here’s what it means to you Characteristics Rather than each Emirate having its own...
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Most of the Arabic food found in Abu Dhabi is not particular to this area; it’s common to much of the Middle East, with particular reference to cuisines derived from the Lebanon and Iran. There...
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Abu Dhabi’s first door-to-door waste recycling scheme has been launched by the Centre of Waste Management, the body responsible for all waste operations in the city. The scheme involves...
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The Arabic word ‘khalifa’ means a steward, a custodian or caretaker – a very appropriate name for the UAE’s current president and Abu Dhabi’s ruler, HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan....
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The remit of twofour54 is to create a media industry for Abu Dhabi. Among other things, that requires the use of specialists who are not full-time employees recruited on the conventional employment...
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The judges in a camel beauty contest use a very strict set of criteria – ears must be firm, back high, hump large and symmetrical, rump not too big (just enough room for a saddle), hair shiny, head...
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