Picture: Emaar Back in August 2015 the local Dubai media was excitedly reporting that the new Dubai Opera House would be completed in March 2016. Here is Emirates 24/7 back on 20 August 2015: Iconic Dubai Opera set for completion … Continue reading
A model of the future DWC on display at the 2015 Dubai Air Show Dubai Airports have appointed a contractor, ALEC, to expand the existing, rather basic, terminal building at the new Al Maktoum International AIrport. Al Jaber LEGT Engineering … Continue reading
Below is today’s editorial in the sycophantic Khaleej Times. Cloying. The very idea that the world should adopt the UAE model is just pandering to the theme. The UAE cabinet has endorsed a National Happiness and Positivity Charter which aims … Continue reading
It is always harder when the accident is closer to home. UAE airlines had not had a life-taking accident until this last week. But in the early hours of 19th March a flydubai Boeing 737-800, registration A6-FDN performing flight FZ-981 … Continue reading
Image from GQ magazine – see story link below The French accident report into the crash of GermanWings flight 4U9525 was released on Sunday and it makes for some grim reading. The report confirmed that Lubitz had deliberately set the Airbus … Continue reading
From the Irish Independent. UAE’s Minister for Happiness has quite the job on her hands Last month, the United Arab Emirates made headlines when its rulers announced they were appointing a ‘Minister for Happiness’. Sceptics scoffed that it was little more … Continue reading
A very solid read from today’s Guardian – barring a major shock or change in voter sentiment this will be the battle for the US Presidency – how on earth did the leadership of a great nation sink this low. Shaping … Continue reading
Clean for the Queen…..this week the British are being exhorted to voluntarily tidy up the country for the old girl’s 90th birthday. It is unlikely she will even notice. The monarch doesn’t often go out on your average street, let … Continue reading
This is really a cautionary tale for foreigners living in the UAE. Last Monday the supreme court in the United Arab Emirates jailed an Omani man for three years for “mocking” the Gulf state on WhatsApp messenger, local media reported. … Continue reading
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has warned Thailand’s ruling generals on Tuesday that a prolonged stay in power will only worsen economic hardship in Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy. It is a statement of the obvious – but it came … Continue reading
