April 30th:
Just got transferred to work and live in
beautiful Dubai, UAE! WOW!!! Now this is a city that knows how to
live!!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. It’s like New York
City minus all the crocks, murderers, and drunks. What a place! I
watched the sunset from a deck chair on my beautiful bedroom verandah.
It was [...]

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A horrific pileup accident involving atleast 60 vehicles happened on Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway near Ghantoot TUESDAY morning at around 6:40 am. Details are sketchy but atleast 5 are reported dead with 350 injured.
More information [GULF NEWS LINK]

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These are the pictures of first batch of Metro trains arriving at docks of Dubai port.
More info about Dubai Metro [LINK]

Jack Welch the former CEO of GM, and considered as the Management guru of this era, will be conducting a workshop/seminar in Dubai from April 21-22, 2008. This seminar is not for the faint hearted, as it costs whopping US$ 10,000 [yes TEN THOUSAND] per person, and is restricted to 150 participants only.
Venue for the [...]

So whats the boiling issue in Lebanon now?
Saudis have issued immediate exit instructions to its citizens, seems Bahrain has also issued similar warnings. Although Kuwaiti citizens in Lebanon are on the edge, the ambassador of Kuwait in Lebanon has denied any warnings were issued. Moreover US has deployed USS Cole off the coast of Lebanon [...]

There has been a third cut in the submarine cable that feeds internet traffic and communication data from GCC countries to Europe. This has been off the coast of Dubai about 56 km out in the sea. So more internet disruptions on Saturday??
Seems torrent traffic has been cutoff in Kuwait as .torrent files are getting [...]

Earlier this month MPs backed a recommendation by parliament’s financial and economic affairs committee to subsidize food and other basic goods for nationals and exclude foreign workers from receiving any financial help to cope with rising inflation in the Gulf Arab state…
Read full story here [LINK]

Living in a Islamic country is usually perceived by outsiders as a place free of superstitions, magic, mysticism, dark tales etc. But I have seen and heard many episodes of superstitions or as they say delicately…beliefs followed by Muslims living in Islamic countries. For example one family I visit often says that when stepping [...]

Date August 1990, time every moment, event Iraqi Occupation and then the Gulf War. Many of us were here, and those amongst us witnessed one of the most painful chapters in the history of Kuwait. Result was a mass exodus via Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iran. The events were totally unexpected, and we were [...]

A mock drill being conducted in Kuwait? For what??!!  Reminds you of bad days gone by…for good hopefully.

Very touching story about a French kid in Dubai, now in hiding. He was raped [sodomized] by some locals, one of them HIV+. The authorities initially did not bother telling the family of this kid about HIV issue, rather asked them to withdraw the allegations. Read on..
Alexandre Robert, a French 15-year-old, was having a [...]

Kuwait comes at 9th place in terms of Current Account Balance in US$. The total is around US$ 40 Billions. Saudia Arabia is 5th with over US$ 100 Billions. Check the full list here [LINK]
More info about Current Account Balance [LINK]

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This ZIP contains Ramadan prayer timings and calendar for Manama City, Bahrain. You will need Acrobat Reader to open the PDFs
Click here to >> DOWNLOAD LOCATION 1
Click here to >> DOWNLOAD LOCATION 2
DISCLAIMER: Although all care has been taken care in providing salaat timings, please consult your nearest mosque for most [...]