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4 unusual facts about United Arab Emirates


Rochville University

The diploma received by the network was mailed from the United Arab Emirates.

Shabe Sepid

It was released on March 26, 2008, with her concert in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and on March 28 worldwide.

Surya Group

It focuses on supplying textiles and accessories, manufactured in China, India and the United Arab Emirates, to markets in Russia.

Zayed Al Nahyan

Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918–2004), Zayed bin Khalifa grandson, ruler of Abu Dhabi, founder and first president of United Arab Emirates


2003 Dubai Tennis Championships and Duty Free Women's Open

The 2003 Dubai Tennis Championships and Dubai Duty Free Women's Open were tennis tournaments played on outdoor hard courts at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates that were part of the International Series Gold of the 2003 ATP Tour and of Tier II of the 2003 WTA Tour.

2004 Dubai Tennis Championships

The 2004 Dubai Duty Free Men's and Women's Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2004 ATP Tour and of Tier II of the 2004 WTA Tour.

AHG Industry

The holding is formed by several companies active in Germany, Romania, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, People's Republic of China, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Iraq.

Ahmed Ibrahim Ali

Ahmed Ibrahim Ali is a UAE football Midfielder who played for United Arab Emirates in the 1996 Asian Cup.

Al Sahab Tower 1

The Al Sahab Tower 1 is a 24-floor tower comprising part of the Al Sahab Towers complex in the Dubai Marina in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Al Sahab Tower 2

The Al Sahab Tower 2 is a 44-floor tower comprising part of the Al Sahab Towers complex in the Dubai Marina in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Andi Siebenhofer

Today – since 2009 – he is the owner of the “The 7 Group”, Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.

Arabian carpetshark

Another potentially major threat to this species is habitat degradation: coral reefs in the Persian Gulf face bottom trawling, coastal development (especially large-scale land reclamation projects such as in the United Arab Emirates), Turkish dams on the Tigris-Euphrates river system, draining of marshes in Iraq, and oil spills.

Aston Martin Vanquish

As part of Aston Martin's 100th anniversary celebration, a Vanquish was airlifted onto the helipad of the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on January 17, 2013 using an AgustaWestland AW139 Helicopter.

Baye Djiby Fall

After spells at the French club AS Vitré, Danish club Randers FC and Emirati club Al Ain FC he joined OB in January 2008 where he was named the best player in the Danish Superliga.

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

The Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup is an international beach soccer tournament which is currently being held in the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Dhaher Al-Aryani

Dhaher Al-Aryani (born 11 December 1972 in Ras al-Khaimah) is an Emirati trap shooter.

Dubai Properties Group

Dubai Properties Group is a property development and management company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Elite Residence

Elite Residence is a supertall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in the Dubai Marina district, overlooking one of the man made palm island, Palm Jumeirah.

Escan Tower

Escan Tower is a mixed use approved skyscrape to be built along Sheikh Zayed Road, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Fares Juma Al Saadi

Fares Juma Hasan Juma Al Saadi (born 30 December 1988) is an Emirati footballer who plays for Al Ain FC.

Foreign relations of Afghanistan

By 2000, only Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recognized the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.

Fowsiyo Yusuf Haji Adan

In late May 2013, Adan and Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan signed a Memorandum of Understanding on bilateral cooperation.

Grand Hyatt Dubai

Grand Hyatt Dubai is a hotel in the area of Zabeel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates established in 2003 and owned by the ruler of Dubai; at the time its 674 rooms made it the largest hotel in Dubai.

Hazza Salem Al Faresi

Hazza Salem MOHD SAEED AL FARESI (born 1 January 1989) is an Emarati footballer who plays for Al Ain FC.

Hindu milk miracle

By noon the news had spread beyond India, and Hindu temples in the United Kingdom, Canada, UAE, and Nepal among other countries had successfully replicated the phenomenon, and the Vishva Hindu Parishad (an Indian Hindu organisation) had announced that a miracle was occurring.

IHeartRadio

On July 2013, iHeartRadio began adding stations from outside the United States like CHUM-FM and CFBT-FM in Canada and Virgin Radio Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Iliya Zhelev

His paintings are owned by the National Art Gallery Sofia, many galleries and collections in Germany, United States, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden United Arab Emirates, UK, Austria, Greece, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Russia and Israel.

Jociel Ferreira da Silva

Jociel Ferreira da Silva, shortly Ciel (born March 31, 1982) is a Brazilian football player who plays for Al Shabab Al Arabi Club in the United Arab Emirates.

John B. Craig

The Boeing Company appointed Craig to the position of Regional Vice President in the Middle East, based in the United Arab Emirates, with a concentration on the Gulf States.

Kenneth Ouriel

Ouriel, as part of the UAE health authority, met with visiting dignitaries, including First Lady Laura Bush.

Khamees Saad Mubarak

Khamees Saad Mubarak is a UAE football Forward who played for United Arab Emirates in the 1996 Asian Cup.

Matajer Malls

Matajer, meaning “shops” in Arabic, is a neighborhood shopping centre concept located in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, developed by Sharjah Holding through a strategic partnership between the Government of Sharjah and Majid Al Futtaim Properties.

Meg Wade

On numerous occasions she has competed on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Prime Minister and Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates.

Mohamed Ismail Ahmed Ismail

Mohamed Ismail Ahmed Ismail known as Ismail Ahmed (his Patronymic) (Arabic: محمد اسماعيل احمد اسماعيل; born 1983) is an Emarati-Moroccan footballer who plays in the UAE League for Al Ain Club as Defender.

Nasser Khamis

Nasser Khamis Abdulla Hasan (born 20 December 1987) is an Emarati footballer who plays for Al-Shaab CSC.

National Research Foundation

The National Research Foundation is a foundation of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the United Arab Emirates.

Oryx

One of the largest populations of Arabian oryx exists on Sir Bani Yas Island in the United Arab Emirates.

PlayStation 2 retail configurations

The V12 model was first released in black, but a silver edition was available in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, United Arab Emirates and other GCC Countries, France, Italy, South Africa, and finally, North America.

Rochester Institute of Technology - Dubai

He mediated the negotiations between Rochester Institute of Technology - New York and the government of the United Arab Emirates to set up a campus at the Dubai Silicon Oasis in Dubai, UAE.

Rough cownose ray

It is also found off the coast of Ajman, United Arab Emirates, as mentioned in a picture of this species in Ajman Museum (which is located in the Emirate of Ajman) as follows: (غُرابي, Rhinopetra adspersa, Eagle ray).

Saad Bakheet Mubarak

Saad Bakheet Mubarak is a UAE football Forward who played for United Arab Emirates in the 1996 Asian Cup.

Saba Tower 1

The Saba Tower 1 is a 37-floor tower in the Jumeirah Lake Towers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Saba Tower 4

Saba Tower 4 is a proposed mixed use tower to be built in Jumeirah Lake Towers, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, when completed it will have 994 car parking space, retail, coffee areas, and a 28 metre tall roof feature covering an area of 60,921 m2.

Shollar water

Azerbaijan imports bottled drinking water from other nations such as Iran, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates, but the country actually has enough domestic water sources to avoid importing water, according to Parviz Moin, an Iranian fluid dynamicist.

Strata Tower

Strata Tower is a forty-story luxury residential building, designed by New-York based architects Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture of Asymptote Architecture, currently being built on Al Raha Beach, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Tanfeeth

Tanfeeth (Arabic: تنفيذ) is a Business Services Partner that is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Tariq Spezie

Tariq was born in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates to an Italian father and a Spanish mother, receiving his name from his father – who was working in the country – in honour of Tariq ibn Ziyad.

The Pizza Company

In 2004, The Pizza Company began to expand and franchise internationally and today the restaurant has franchises in Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Laos, China and Bahrain.

Yalla Habibi

It was shot in Dubai and Ajman, in the United Arab Emirates, with Karl Wolf as director, Dominic Lachance as Co-Director and Editor, Ahmed Kardous as D.O.P and Yasir Alyasiri as producer.


see also

Al-Shamsi

H.E. Maitha Salem Al-Shamsi, PhD - President of Zayed University, Former Minister of State and Head of the UAE Marriage Fund, Former Professor, Sociology, United Arab Emirates University, Former Deputy Vice Chancellor, Scientific Research, UAE University.

Amjad Javed

In World Cup Qualifier, Javed blasting a 31-ball 63 to lift the team to 246 for 8 as United Arab Emirates held their nerve to secure a narrow 13-run win against Kenya at Hagley Oval in Christchurch putting an end to Kenya's hopes of extending their streak of five consecutive World Cup appearances.

Andrej Zdravič

Zdravič’s works have been screened in over 150 one-man shows and presentations across USA and Europe; in retrospectives at the Anthology Film Archives (NYC), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Cankarjev dom Cultural Centre/ Slovenian Cinematheque (Ljubljana); in over 120 group shows and festivals, among others, in the United Arab Emirates, India, Brazil and Argentina, and broadcast on ARTE, KCET/PBS Los Angeles, ZDF, RAISAT, TV Slovenia - they were seen by more than 3 million viewers.

Annamalai University

Other overseas centres include the Al Mihad Institute, Dubai and the Al Hilal Education Centre, Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates as well as the Al Noor Education Centre in Muscat, Oman.

Arabian tahr

In April 2009, the Wadi Wurayah Fujairah preserve was set aside by royal decree in the United Arab Emirates for the protection of the Arabian Tahr.

AUH

Abu Dhabi International Airport (IATA airport code: AUH) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Australian rules football in the Middle East

In February 2008, the first AFL match in the United Arab Emirates was held at the Ghantoot Polo and Racing Club in Abu Dhabi between the Adelaide Crows and the Collingwood Magpies.

C. nivea

Coccidiphila nivea, a moth species found in the United Arab Emirates

Cambridge International School

Cambridge International School, Dubai, an international school in Al Garhoud, United Arab Emirates

Carapelli Computers

In the year 2001, Carapelli again expanded its operations by establishing a large retail and wholesale presence in the U.A.E.'s trade capital Dubai and subsequently in the year 2002 Carapelli created two more branch locations at the Jebel Ali freezone port and in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

Carrier Air Wing Two

Port calls during the past three deployments have included stops in Sydney and Perth, Western Australia, Manama (Bahrain), Jebel Ali (United Arab Emirates), Singapore, Kelang (Malaysia), Hong Kong (China), Pusan (Korea), Yokosuka (Japan), and Hawaii.

Chris Dekker

Dekker played his last match on 10 March 1985, and became a football manager, who coached Fortuna Sittard, FC Eindhoven, Al-Jazira (United Arab Emirates), FC Den Bosch, Qatar (– 17), RBC Roosendaal, Sparta Rotterdam and Fortuna Sittard once again.

Costa Deliziosa

Costa Deliziosa was christened at Port Rashid in the United Arab Emirates on 23 February, during her inaugural voyage, which started from Savona on 5 February; the first cruise ship in the world to be christened in an Arabian city.

Crescent Enterprises

Gama Group is headquartered at Farnborough Airport in the UK, with its Americas headquarters in Stratford, Connecticut, its Middle East and North Africa headquarters at Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates and its Asian headquarters in Hong Kong.

D64

Al Qusais Road, a road connecting Abu Hail Road in Dubai Emirate till Sharjah Ring Road in Sharjah Emirate, United Arab Emirates

DGCX

Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange, a financial exchange in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dragonfly Therapeutic Retreat

Dragonfly has combined company owned operations with franchised operations - for its shops in China, and operated franchised shops in Oslo, Norway (2006) and Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2008).

EARS

Emirates Amateur Radio Society, a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in the United Arab Emirates

ED TV

Dubai TV, United Arab Emirates channel formerly known as Emirates Dubai Television

EITC

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, or 'du' is a telecommunications company in the United Arab Emirates

Etisalat Tower

Etisalat Tower 1, a 17-storey building in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Evgeny P. Bazhanov

He was Academic advisor of 50 PhD dissertations defended by President of South Korea Kim Dae-jung, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Alikbek Jekshenkulov, Ambassadors to Russia of Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Palestine and many prominent Russian politicians, educators and diplomats.

EWB

Education Without Borders (Conference), a biennial international student conference organized by Higher Colleges of Technology in United Arab Emirates

Falcon Express

Falcon Express Cargo Airlines, a cargo airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Govhar Bakhshaliyeva

Bakhshaliyeva has repeatedly represented the Azerbaijan oriental Studies in foreign countries (Russian Federation (Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Makhachkala, Simferopol), Iran, Turkey, The United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, etc.

Gunadasa Kapuge

On returning from a tour of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Visharada Kapuge had a fall at the Bandaranaike International Airport whilst disembarking a shuttle bus.

Harrys of London

2012 saw a continuation of retail expansion; a third London store opened at London’s historic Royal Exchange, a second store in Kuwait at the iconic Al Hamra Tower as well as a second United Arab Emirates store at LEVEL Shoe District in the Dubai Mall.

Kaligi people

Not to be confused with Khaligi or Khaleeji (Arabic: خليجي) which refers to Arabs from the Persian Gulf or the GCC - Gulf Cooperation Council-(United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iraq), where the term literary means a person from the Gulf (Arabic: خليج)

Kashif

Kashif Ahmed (born 1975), a Pakistani and United Arab Emirates cricketer

Khalfan

Mohammed Khalfan Bin Kharbash, former minister of finance and industry of the United Arab Emirates

MacQueen's Bustard

Conservation efforts by the late Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in the United Arab Emirates have given some hope for the future of this Bustard.

Masdar

Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber is Minister of State in the United Arab Emirates and the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Masdar.

MBC 2

MBC 2 (Middle East), a Television channel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by the Middle East Broadcasting Center

MBC 4

MBC 4 (Middle East) - a Television channel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by the Middle East Broadcasting Center

MV Pacific Pearl

Ocean Village sailed on her final farewell voyage on October 21, a 23 day cruise stopping at Cairo-Egypt (from Port Said), visiting the Suez Canal, Safaga, Egypt, Muscat, Oman, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Cochin, India, Langkawi, Malyasia, Kuala Lumpur (from Port Kelang, Malaysia) and finally stopping at Singapore where she entered dry dock to become Pacific Pearl, also marking the end of Ocean Village Cruise Line.

NIMR

Nimr also is the name for a wheeled military vehicle developed by the United Arab Emirates.

Nims

New Indian Model School, group of schools in United Arab Emirates providing education up to the Higher Secondary Level

Noor TV

Nour TV, an Iranian Sunni Islamic religious satellite television network based in the United Arab Emirates

Safi Airways

This private airline has its headquarters in Shahr-e-Naw, Kabul, an administrative office in the Dubai Airport Free Zone, and a downtown ticketing office in Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Thomas Plate

Over the last 18 years his continuing column on Asia regularly has appeared in leading newspapers across the globe, including the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, The Straits Times" in Singapore, The Khaleej Times out of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, The Japan Times in Tokyo, The Korea Times in South Korea, The Jakarta Post, The Providence Journal and many others.

Visa requirements for Israeli citizens

Some controversial rejections of Israeli nationals include Tennis Player Shahar Pe'er who was recently denied a visa to the United Arab Emirates which would have allowed her to play in the 2009 Dubai Open.