ACTED and its partners organized a “Cooperatives Fair” in a leading Nablus university early April, providing sixteen rural cooperatives from the Salfit and Qalqiliya governorates with a venue to display their skills, give the larger community a chance to sample their products first hand and involve them in promoting their work. The day-long event allowed […]

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Under the patronage of HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, Wife of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, UAE Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Chairperson of the International Humanitarian City, the UAE Ministry of Health celebrated the implementation of the UAE’s initiative to support safe usage of syringes in developing […]

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Exhausted survivors from a boat carrying Somali refugees that landed on one of Malta’s most popular beaches this weekend have told UNHCR that five men and two women aboard perished during the week-long voyage from Libya. The boat came ashore at Riviera Bay on Saturday carrying 90 people, and the emergency services were alerted by […]

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Dubai, UAE : eCampaignsNetwork.com develops web based customized newsletter design and distribution application for organisations that need to stay in touch with their clients on an ongoing basis. According to Sharad Agarwal, CEO of Cyber Gear, “We have developed this app for several companies in the region – Fairmont, Abraaj, Gulf Capital, Grand Hyatt, Emaar, […]

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Each year, over 17.5 million die from cardiovascular disease (CVD), of which 8.6 million are women. Globally, 35% of all women are living with heart disease – this is more than the total number of females who die from all cancers, tuberculosis, HIV-AIDS and malaria combined. The statistics in the […]

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H.E. Shaima Al Zarooni, the Chief Executive Officer of the International Humanitarian City (IHC) in Dubai recently paid a visit to the Secretariat of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). H.E. Al Zarooni visited Geneva to attend the Annual Fleet Forum Conference hosted by the IFRC Global Logistics Service. The […]

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Life and Mohammad bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Charity and Humanitarian Foundation (MBRC) signed an agreement to build schools and health clinics in Iraq costing about $3.5 million. MBRC has earmarked $3.5 million to health and educational projects in Iraq as part of its response to humanitarian issues in the Arab World. Mr. Ibrahim Bumleha, Deputy Chairman […]

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The International Humanitarian City (IHC) received the Muslim Philanthropy Award presented during the Global Donors Forum held in Kula Lumpur between 26- 28 of April 2012. HE Shaima Al Zarooni, the IHC CEO received the award granted under the category of corporations which was presented by HRH Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah Ibni Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin […]

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H.E Ambassador Obaid Salem Al Zaabi, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations and other international organizations received in his Office H.EShaima Al Zarooni, the Chief Executive Officer of the International Humanitarian City (IHC), who presented to His Excellency the various activities of the IHC. For more information, visit ihc.ae

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Pearl Diving the centuries-old traition of Emirati culture. This activity involves finding the precious pearls from the sea. Travel & Culture Services is pleased to offer special Pearl Diving tour for the tourists visiting Dubai whether on holidays or on business. The tour is offered in association with Emirates Marine Environmental Group (EMEG) and Jumeirah […]

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Dubai Tourism Authority has launched a new £1 million trade and consumer advertising campaign to change the foreign tourists perceptions of Dubai as a holiday destination. Launched in a week where Dubai’s hotels topped the world in occupancy levels (which averaged 86.2% in January); the campaign aims to showcase Dubai as a family destination that […]

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Dubai, UAE – Clover Creek Hotel Apartments, an upmarket destination for both business and leisure travellers, has rolled out its magical Valentine’s Day packages. Stay in one of the Hotel’s well-appointed suites with your beloved for as little as Dh777 that includes a lavish dinner for two at the Hotel’s Bundoo Khan Speciality restaurant and […]

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Dubai’s role and strategic position was further strengthened today as a direct result of Decree No.33 issued by HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, appointing a new Board of Directors for the International Humanitarian City (IHC), Wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid […]

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A typical web surfer visits an average of 7 sites Despite there being millions of web sites on the web, there are only a handful of sites that a typical person visits on a regular basis. The Periodic Table of the Internet presents a classification of popular sites based on select categories. Here are my […]

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Life for Relief and Development in partnership with Zakat Foundation implemented a project to provide emergency humanitarian aid to Syrian refugee families living in camps in Al-Mafraq and Al-Ramtha which are located near the Syrian-Jordanian borders. Life Jordan staff made a survey of the Syrian refugees and determined that 570 families were in urgent need […]

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On Sunday, 33 unaccompanied children departed from Tunisia’s Shousha refugee camp to Norway as part of their resettlement process. The children were among 90 who arrived unaccompanied from Libya during 2011. Some were already without parents when they first arrived in Libya; others lost their parents or became separated from them subsequently. Most are from […]

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Abu Dhabi: An initiative taken by Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE Foreign Minister, has once again drawn everyone’s attention to the conservation of desert ecosystems. Shaikh Abdullah said through twitter that he would like to participate in the desert clean-up campaign on January 20. The deaths of camels in the UAE deserts […]

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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Wife HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein have been blessed with a baby boy. The International Humanitarian City and its team would like to extend their warmest congratulations to the Royal Family, the Government […]

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UNHCR is alarmed by a string of recent security incidents targeting the Dadaab refugee complex in northern Kenya. Dadaab is the world’s largest refugee settlement and shelters more than 460,000 people. An explosion on Monday at the Hagadera camp killed one person and seriously injured two police officers. Another improvised explosive device went off on […]

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The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Abu-Dhabi, in cooperation with the International Humanitarian City in Dubai, held a press briefing session to update the media on the humanitarian situation in Somalia. The media session was conducted by Bruno Geddo, UNHCR Representative in Somalia, who spoke about the ongoing famine […]

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UN agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations in Yemen sound the alarm as the crisis in Yemen has spread from people directly affected by conflict to millions of ordinary Yemenis across the country, particularly women and children. Children are growing up in an environment where rates of malnutrition are comparable to those in Somalia and where one […]

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Al Ain, 16 Dec. 2011 (WAM) – The official lunching of the Falconry Forum has been launched yesterday in Rotana Hotel – Al Ain as part of the Second International Festival of Falconry activities with the participation of 93 international experts, scientists, researchers and specialists in all issues related to falconry and its current status […]

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The National has published an interesting article about the boom of tourism in DUbai this year. Many people relate the increase in number of tourists in Dubai to the unrest in the Arab world however there is an other factor that can be the main cause of increase in tourism in Dubai and that is […]

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The International Humanitarian City (IHC), chaired by HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, celebrated the UAE’s 40th National Day in an exceptional ceremony that reflected the Nation’s true heritage and traditions. The ceremony was opened […]

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In a socially enabled, internet powered world, consumers demand respect The sheer volume of information available on the internet is overwhelming. Everywhere I look, there it is. Even when I’m not looking, it’s there, waiting to be found. Analyse the data thrown at you every single hour, every waking day: Hundreds of emails, not to […]

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Life for Relief and Development just completed the most successful Uhiyah/Qurbani campaign in its 19 year history. With the blessings of Allah (SWT) and the generosity of its donors, more than 1 million people benefited from the distribution of fresh meat from animals sacrificed during the days of Eid ul Adha. Life staff spent all […]

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1 – Rainfall, disease, hitting refugee camps in Kenya, Ethiopia More than a month after the kidnapping of three aid workers in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee complex, insecurity continues to affect aid efforts. The situation is being exacerbated by heavy rains and accompanying risks of waterborne diseases. Nearly 100 additional Kenyan police have been deployed in […]

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QR Codes are a fantastic new way to connect with your customers A QR code, abbreviated from Quick Response code is a type of matrix barcode. QR Codes were first created in 1994 by Toyota subsidiary Denso Wave to track vehicles during the manufacturing process. More recently, the concept has become extremely popular due to […]

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The global economic downturn and financial crisis will understandably be the focus of much discussion at the Cannes summit of the Group of 20. But it is crucial that the serious nature of these economic issues does not prevent the G20 leaders from addressing another problem affecting millions of people worldwide: hunger. With its presidency […]

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The first two flights in our humanitarian airlift for the victims of eastern Turkey’s devastating earthquake arrived in Erzurum on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, bringing 1,000 tents and 20,000 blankets. During the offloading of the second flight in Erzurum on Sunday, our chartered Ilyushin IL-76 was damaged by another taxiing aircraft. We found another […]

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Micro-hydro power (MHP) is the conversion of energy from flowing water into electricity. Flowing water turns a turbine, which in turn converts this created energy to electricity. While traditional water wheels use the power of running water to work milling equipment, modern hydro-turbines use this power to create electricity. A good micro-hydro scheme can be […]

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There isn’t enough food to feed the world, most of the world’s hungry live in Africa, and it’s mostly a question of droughts and other natural disasters. All of these statements are wrong. But they reflect a common set of misconceptions on hunger. Here are 11 of the most common myths – with the reality […]

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1 – UNHCR launches emergency airlift to eastern Turkey In response to the Turkish Red Crescent’s appeal for help on Tuesday, the first of four UNHCR humanitarian flights for the victims of the devastating earthquake in eastern Turkey is scheduled to land in Erzurum this evening (Friday, 28 October). The Ilyushin-76 cargo plane will bring […]

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Action and explosions are about to hit the Arabian gaming scene, as Abu Dhabi based Tahadi Games, the leading Arabian Online Games publisher in the Middle East, readies the launch of the globally successful online shooting game; Point Blank. Developed by Zepetto, Point Blank will be the first online First Person Shooter game released with […]

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Industrialized countries saw a 17 per cent increase in asylum applications in the first half of this year, with most claimants coming from countries with longstanding displacement situations. This is according to a report released today by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. UNHCR’s Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries, First Half 2011 report shows […]

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Dubai, UAE – Emirates Holidays has launched the 2011-2012 Ski & Winter Holidays Brochure with 18 carefully selected destinations across six countries, offering travellers a tantalizing glimpse of idyllic winter getaways from the snow-capped mountains and chic fashion boutiques of St Moritz, Switzerland to the quaint Christmas markets of Munich, Germany. The brochure embraces the entire […]

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UNHCR is expecting the first returns of Sri Lankan refugees by commercial ferry from India to start on Wednesday, 12th October. The returns are part of a voluntary, facilitated repatriation programme, supported by the governments of both India and Sri Lanka. A welcoming ceremony at Colombo port is planned with Sri Lankan government officials, port […]

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Life for Relief and Development sent medicine and medical supplies donated by Medical Teams International in Tigard, Oregon valued at 6,248,991 to Mexico. One of Life’s partner organizations Another Joy Foundation arranged through Aero Union Airlines to airlift this critically needed shipment of medicines and medical supplies to Mexico City to be used in clinics […]

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Dubai, Oct 06th, 2011  The Conference of Gulf International Technology Exhibition (GITEX) 2011, which is organised by Datamax at Dusit Thani Hotel in Dubai and coincides with GITEX week, will start on Saturday the 8th Octber 2011. The six- day long conference will discuss six main points, notably, social communication, e-government, cell phone applications, traditional […]

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The International Humanitarian City (IHC), a Dubai-based global humanitarian logistics hub and the United Nation’s largest supply depot for emergency aid in crises like the Horn of Africa famine, under the direction of its Chairperson HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of […]

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UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ant?nio Guterres and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie presented the founder of Yemen’s Society for Humanitarian Solidarity with the 2011 Nansen Refugee Award at a ceremony on Monday evening in Geneva. The prize – the refugee world’s highest honour – was awarded to the founder and the 290 staff of […]

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Dubai: Changes in the weather like higher temperatures, less rainfall, droughts or floods can all be linked to human activity impacting the environment, and a talk to highlight how these conclusions have been made is taking place on Wednesday night in Dubai as part of Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project. Streamed live on the internet […]

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The Islamic Crescent Observation Project (ICOP) has said that Eid al-Fitr of this Hijri year 1432 will be on Wednesday, August 31st in most Muslim countries, considering that sighting of the moon is a condition for the beginning of the month of Shawwal. In most of the Muslim countries which started Ramadan on 1st of […]

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Global IP traffic is expected to exponentially multiply to ‘zettabyte threshold’ by 2015 With the proliferation of millions of networked devices, and the popularity of Internet video streaming through billions of handheld devices, the future of the web will go beyond terabytes and petabytes. It will be in the domain of zettabytes which is explained […]

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On the occasion of World Humanitarian Day 2011, the United Nations IRIN News Service/OCHA, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in association with the International Humanitarian City in Dubai (IHC) held a briefing session for the media with special emphasis on the humanitarian situation in […]

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The holy Month of Ramadan is just about here and possibly 1st of August will be the 1st day of the holy month of Ramadan the 9th month of Islamic calendar . Here are few points to note specially for non Muslim visitors to Dubai.The traditional Greeting of Ramadan is “Ramadan Mubarak” and “Ramadan Kareem”  (kareem means […]

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Software as a service [SaaS], infrastructure as as service [Iaas], and platform as a service [PaaS] are all inherently more efficient models than conventional alternatives Cloud computing is the new mantra in the business world. For many, it represents the platform for the next generation enterprise, promising low total cost of ownership (TCO), high scalability […]

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 Oasis Centre, Dubai’s friendliest mall, has rolled out a host of promotions and contests for Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) 2011. The activities give shoppers the chance to win up to seven BMWs, as well as AED100,000 worth of prizes including electronics and free vacations to celebrate the region’s most awaited summer entertainment and shopping fiesta. […]

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The centre of gravity shifts from your computer to the cloud iCloud is a cloud computing service from Apple Inc. announced on June 6, 2011 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. The service allows users to store data such as music files for download to multiple devices such as iPhones, iPods, iPads, and personal computers […]

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Travel & Culture Services a tour operator offering tours to Dubai and UAE has announced to promote the first ever culture tour of UAE during the Ramadan 2011. According to the company the tour is focused on giving a learning experience to the tourists about the UAE culture with special emphasis on Ramada. The participating […]

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The Yas Hotel has launched a new yoga retreat.  The one night programme includes yoga at sunrise on the 217 metre high roof of Abu Dhabi’s most iconic address, indulgent spa treatments and dinner in any of the hotel’s fine dining restaurants. The new retreat offers daily sessions of hatha yoga on the hotel’s striking rooftop, […]

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Under the patronage of UN Messenger of Peace and Chairperson of the International Humanitarian City, HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the “Walk the World” event aims to raise awareness & funds for global hunger, […]

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Abu Dhabi: Cancelling or renewing visas for expatriate residents will soon be linked to payment of traffic fines. Motorists who have fines either recorded on their driver’s licences or their vehicle’s plate number will not be able to conduct transactions with their respective Residency and Foreign Affairs Department unless they pay their traffic fines. Brigadier […]

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Dubai: Airlines in the UAE are slashing their ticket prices as residents get ready for the summer holidays. Emirates airline has removed the fuel surcharge on all tickets with immediate effect, the company said in a statement yesterday. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways also announced a special promotion with up to 40 per cent reduction in […]

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Your business needs to be social now – not some day Today, consumers want more than content online, they want to make a human connection. This means it’s no longer enough to push your product information out to your consumers. Today’s geo-located, email checking, text messaging, status updating, smartphone toting, trigger happy ‘social consumers’ are […]

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Dubai, UAE – When the doors opened at the world’s largest Rolls Royce showroom in Abu Dhabi recently, it represented a milestone amid numerous accolades and achievements of the elite firm of architects, DIAR CONSULT, that created the facility. Samir Daoud, Chairman and Principal Design Architect at DIAR CONSULT, a UAE based architectural, engineering and […]

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Dubai-UAE: 24th April, 2011 – A 10-day ‘Bonanza’ promotion offering an attractive fee waiver of AED600 to new members has been launched at Fitness First, the world’s number one health and fitness club chain and a member of Landmark Group. The initiative, which reiterates Fitness First’s commitment to help individuals seek a healthy integrated lifestyle, […]

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Arabian Travel Market Consumer Day offers visitors fantastic prizes, exclusive discounts, cultural entertainment from around the world even tips on how to bag an upgrade Arabian Travel Market’s Consumer Day, held on Thursday 5 May 2011 at the Dubai International Exhibition and Convention Centre, provides leisure travelers with unrivalled opportunities to experience, learn, win and […]

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Arabian Travel Market is will be held from 2nd to 5th May this year Exotic Dubai is happy to offer the following special tours for ATM (Arrabian Travel Mart) Buyers, Visitors & Exhibitors. Show Dates & Times <!– –>Mon 2 May ’11 — 11:00-12:00 (Opening Ceremony) Mon 2 May ’11 — 12:00-18:00 (Exhibition Opening) Tue […]

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A minimum of 16, if you want to be among the best A ranking of the world’s 100 best websites for global and multilingual visitors reveals that you need to possess multilingual capability in order to succeed internationally. But language isn’t the only criterion that determines web globalization success. Some of the other factors that […]

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