The Dubai Expat Diaries

The iPhone 3G has finally arrived here after being officially launched by etisalat. “iPhone is a perfect blend of advanced functionality and high performance and we are delighted to be one of the first operators in the region to offer this to our customers on the nation’s most advanced high-speed network to make calls, send emails and surf the web [...]

There have been a few positive developments in the badly affected real estate industry in recent days.  According to Arabian Business, a new federal law will be soon introduced which will grant freehold property owners six month renewable residency visas. This will certainly help end users. With the current economic climate, there’s no point in [...]

Heard an interesting survey on a popular radio channel a couple of days back (on or around Valentine’s Day). The listeners were asked whether they would like to hold their partner’s hand or a cell phone. Surprisingly, more than half said they would rather hold a cell phone! I understand how essential the PDAs are to [...]

The popular Barasti Bar has just launched its latest leg of “Barasti on Tour”. Last time winners were flown to Sydney for New Years Eve…this May 6 lucky people get to fly to New York! More details below…

Expats now have until the end of 2010 to register for the ID card. “Calm down, don’t panic. Your deadline isn’t until the end of 2010,” said Darwish al Zarouni, the director general of Eida.

Twitter (Official Site: www.twitter.com, More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter) the microblogging service that allows users to update their status, share ideas, interact and post online finds with others using 140 character messages is fast growing in popularity. The Twitter community in the UAE is currently estimated to be over a 1000 users, with a percentage which is quite [...]

The scooper of Best Pop Act, Best British Male awards and Best New Artist and Biggest Selling British Artist in the World, with three hit releases under his belt, and a sales record of 11 million CDs is to perform for the first time in UAE during the 7th edition of Skywards Dubai International Jazz [...]