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An article in Gulf News recently was quite shocking. The United Arab Emirates are a Muslim Country, I bet you know this. And I remember the time when Muslim women were not allowed to wear their head-scarf in some European countries. Muslims all over the world protested against it. And I think nobody should be [...]

Last weekend the new Meydan Racecourse opened its doors for the first Dubai World Cup held there. And in typical Dubai fashion it was a big, big, bigger event. The video below shows the fantastic Meydan Racecourse opening ceremony including the fireworks. Horse racing just entered a whole new dimension we guess. Feel free to [...]

There are still no updates to the cause of the gigantic fire where a yacht burned down completely in Dubai Marina last Thursday March 18. Even though there were no injuries, it still looks more like from a James Bond movie then reality. The firefighters took only 12 minutes to reach the yacht which was [...]

Do you remember Sammy? The whale shark from the Atlantis Hotel on the Palm Jumeirah? Well, she is not in Atlantis anymore, she got released into the Arabian Gulf after her 18 months stay at the hotel. She was captured back in August 2008 off the cost of Jebel Ali and has been on display [...]

Two Emirates airlines cabin crew-members have been ordered jailed for three months in Dubai over sexually explicit text messages, the latest in a string of indecency cases against foreigners, a newspaper reported Wednesday. The pair, an Indian flight attendant and her cabin services supervisor, were convicted of “coercion to commit sin” over the messages and [...]

Mirdif City Centre, the latest development from leading shopping center pioneer Majid Al Futtaim Properties, has opened in Dubai yesterday, with over 350 stores open for business, making it one of the most impressive openings of a mall ever in this region. Located on the corner of Tripoli Street and Emirates Road, the new AED [...]

The Asian driver was 55 years old. He overloaded his truck with construction materials and was speeding at the Dubai Bypass road today. Then, at around 1pm, his truck was nearly hitting the road barrier. The driver tried to avoid this  – but too late – his truck overturned. Two containers of the truck were [...]

A Pinoy woman who allegedly betrayed people with promises of work visas and flats has been arrested after residents complained to the police. The Philippina, M.C.K., allegedly charged her victims a fee by promising to help them obtain work visas. Later on, she pretended to be a real estate broker and charged people commissions for [...]

Residents of Al Qusais were in shock over the gruesome rape and murder of a four-year-old Pakistani boy inside the toilet of a mosque where his father prays regularly. The parents of Mousa – who was found dead on November 27 – said they do not want “diya” or blood money. The father, Mukhtiar Ahmad [...]

More than Dh400,000 was raised on Friday at a charity walk to raise funds for those affected by the natural disasters in the Philippines. The Filipino community was out in full force at the early morning Safa Park event — the Giothon Hakbang Buhay Walk for Life, which was buzzing with activity. People brought their friends and families [...]

After Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum officially opened the Dubai Metro on the 9th of September 2009 the Dubai Informer team was excited to test it on its own. We decided Friday would be a good day. Friday morning, everything prepared and the videocamera fully charged we headed to Deira City Center, parked the car [...]

Dramatic falls in advertising budgets around the world have led to speculation of certain mediums filling others’ shoes, as businesses look to cheaper alternatives. In the UAE, as the Dubai Metro prepares for its initial opening, there is speculation that radio listener numbers may drop as commuters take to public transport rather than use private vehicles. [...]

A chain of convenience stores has pulled back from putting retail outlets on the Dubai Metro train line after the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) could not guarantee opening dates for all its stations. Last Minute convenience stores won the bid for 28 locations on the Dubai Metro, but withdrew from 18 spots on the Red [...]

Ramadan Kareem to all Dubai Informer fans and all the Muslims in the world. (Click here for the Ramadan 2010 prayer timings) Ramadan 2009 in Dubai will start on Saturday – August 22, the Dubai Ramadan prayer times 2009 can be seen here: Ramadan: The ninth month of the Islamic (lunar) calendar. Sawm: The Arabic word [...]

More than 800 police personnel were deployed to arrest a gang that stole Dh4 million last week from a vehicle belonging to a security company which provides cash management services, a senior police official said. Brigadier Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, head of Dubai Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), said the culprit, an Asian driver, was arrested [...]

 Jittery investors went on a selling spree on the UAE markets on Monday, as both the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) general index and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) index falling considerably. In Dubai, real estate stocks led the slide, as the general index slumped 5.76 per cent to 1,774.01. Emaar was down 8.75 per cent [...]

With exactly a month to go before the public swarms through the ticket gates of the new Metro, the stations and track alongside Sheikh Zayed Road are a hive of activity aimed at ensure everything is ready for the big day. On 09/09/09, the inaugural date for the 52km Red Line, thousands of passengers are expected [...]

Herve Jaubert, a French spy who left espionage to make leisure submarines for the wealthy, was riding high. bankrolled by Dubai World, a government-owned conglomerate, he built a submarine workshop on the Persian Gulf, lived rent-free in a villa with a pool and tooled around town in a red Lamborghini. He had two Hummers. He vacationed [...]

Commuters sweltering in frustration while they make their way on public transportation between Dubai and Ajman should find relief in a new water taxi service. Ajman Municipality said yesterday it would launch the first inter-emirate water taxi service, in conjunction with the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority, by June next year. With an initial budget of [...]

A new resolution issued by Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan states that foreign