Then: Property in Dubai When a Home Was Just a Home There was a time in Dubai’s history when the concept of property as an investment, as a financial instrument, as something to be bought and sold and leveraged and traded on international markets, would have been entirely alien to the people who lived there. […]

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Then: The Long Road Between Emirates For most of the UAE’s history since its founding in 1971, travelling between the emirates meant one thing and one thing only – getting in a car and driving. There was no other option. No train, no inter-city bus of any reliability, no rapid transit connecting Abu Dhabi to […]

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Then: Moving Around Dubai the Old Way For the greater part of Dubai’s history, the question of how to get from one place to another was answered by the same simple means that had served the people of the Arabian Peninsula for centuries. The camel carried goods and people across the desert. The donkey cart […]

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Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and Dubai Taxi Company (DTC) have inaugurated the first phase of their partnership to establish a major charge point hub, exclusive for DTC’s electric taxi fleet. HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, and HE Abdul Muhsen Ibrahim Kalbat, Chairman of the DTC Group’s Board of […]

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Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) celebrated the remarkable achievement of the National Youth Orchestra Dubai’s Strings Camerata Orchestra following the successful conclusion of their string of debut performances across some of Vienna’s most prestigious concert halls, including the Wiener Konzerthaus, the Musikverein (Golden Hall), and the ORF RadioKulturhaus, becoming the first UAE-based orchestra […]

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Dubai maintained its strong economic performance in the first quarter of 2026, with the emirate’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reaching AED232 billion, representing a 2.4% increase from the same period last year. The performance reflects the strength, resilience, and adaptability of Dubai’s economy, driven by the diversity and integration of its economic activities, as well […]

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The Everyday Problem Nobody Talks About Enough Everyone in Dubai has a metro story. The clean stations, the air conditioning, the punctuality that makes you feel like the city actually respects your time. But not everyone uses the metro, because not everyone lives or works near a metro station. For a huge number of people […]

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This Is Not Science Fiction Anymore If someone had told you ten years ago that Dubai would have certified flying taxis before the end of 2025, you probably would have smiled politely and changed the subject. It sounded like the kind of bold prediction that tech optimists make at conferences and that quietly disappears when […]

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