The Dubai Expat Diaries

[photopress:uae_desert_challenge_2007.jpg,full,pp_image] The 17th edition of the UAE Desert Challenge promises a spectacular climax to the international cross country rally calendar later this month, with a mighty line-up of cars, bikes and trucks assembling from the Middle East and overseas. Getting under way with a super special spectator stage in Dubai on 28th October, the UAE [...]

[photopress:dubai_for_life_website.jpg,full,pp_image] A new site to hit the Dubai web scene is “Dubai for Life”, the Ultimate Dubai Fan Site. The site, which is updated daily features everything that is great about Dubai, from events to sports to music to videos to dining and entertainment. Visitors and Dubai fans can visit the site at www.dubaiforlife.com and also [...]

Movember (the month formally known as November) is a charity event held during November each year. Targeting the ex-pat community for the first time in UAE, at the start of Movember, guys register at movember.com and select which prostate cancer foundation they want to support from either the Australian, American, Canadian, UK, or New Zealand [...]

[photopress:Barasti_Rugby_Finals.gif,full,pp_image] The popular Barasti Bar at the Le Meridien Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina in Dubai is the place to be this coming weekend…not only can fans watch the Rugby World Cup (TM) on big screens, but the bar has plenty of entertainment planned for the weekend, including The Stompers band, themed Food and [...]

[photopress:dubai_cares_campaign.jpg,full,pp_image] “If we want to champion prosperity and progress, we cannot ignore poverty. We should therefore emphasize the role of education as the most powerful weapon in breaking the vicious circle of poverty” - H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum We’ve all been seeing the adverts and getting the Dubai Cares charity campaign sms messages on [...]

[photopress:Nancy_Ajram_Dubai_UAE.jpg,full,pp_image] Lebanese singing sensation Nancy Ajram performed at the Madinat Arena on Friday, 12th October 2007 for a crowd of 2,500 eager spectators on the occasion of Eid.

[photopress:westin_dubai_mina_seyahi_0.jpg,full,pp_image]  The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina is set to open it’s doors in early 2008. This flagship Westin property will be located on Jumeirah Beach Dubai, on the Mina Seyahi Complex, adjacent to the Le Meridien Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina and the Dubai International Marine Club. The Westin Dubai [...]

Some believe that attending to CSR issues ignores commercial reality and will eat into profit. But growing ethical and environmental concern can create opportunities for businesses and being ethical doesn’t mean you can’t make money, grow and survive as a business – after all there is nothing unethical about making money, just how you go [...]

Construction companies in Dubai have a bad wrap. They poor reputations stem from appalling working conditions for labourers teamed with long hours, withholding workers passports and bad pay – if any pay at all. It’s not surprising workers are now saying no to UAE working conditions and returning to their own countries for recruitment. The [...]

In Dubai, there is a shortage of 26,000 apartments, condo’s (condominiums) and various other housing units, in comparison to the expected delivery of 40,000 units during 2006. This has resulted in rise in apartment and condo rents during the first quarter of this year, according to results of a new research. Delays in key projects [...]