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Inside a migrant worker camp

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

In a recent post I described my visit to a migrant worker camp located outside the city of Abu Dhabi.
Just to clarify, there are many names used for a place like this, ‘labour camp’, ‘labourer camp’, ‘ migrant worker accommodation’, etc, etc. The camp I visited is not really a ‘labourer’ camp (i.e. construction labourers) [...]

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Arts & Crafts fair in Abu Dhabi

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

An Arts & Crafts Bazaar is taking place in Abu Dhabi this week down at Le Meridien Abu Dhabi.  I went and visited this evening and I just had to write and tell you about it since I’ve lived in Abu Dhabi for three years and I’ve never seen a little gem quite like this.
It’s [...]

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First impressions of a labour camp

Monday, August 17th, 2009

 
Yesterday I visited a migrant worker “camp” for the first time. Yes – the type of camp that has made the United Arab Emirates (and other Gulf countries) so infamous in recent years for the alleged rights violations of the men who live there.  I won’t comment on these as I am not in a [...]

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Happy Year of the Ox (Cow)!

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Tonight is the beginning of the Chinese New Year, which began with today’s New Moon.
Here in Abu Dhabi, my only Chinese friend in this country invited me and about 20 other people to a Chinese New Year’s celebration at what she says is one of the few good and authentic Chinese restaurants in the city - [...]

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Snowing in the UAE?

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

I never would have thought….
Ras Al Khaimah is one of the “Northern Emirates” of the UAE - about as far north as Qatar and about a 1 hour drive from Dubai. :p
See photos below.
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[BEGIN] Heavy snowfall on Ras Al Khaimah’s Jebel Jais mountain cluster
GULF NEWS
By Nasouh Nazzal, Staff Reporter
Published: January 24, 2009, 19:47
Ras Al Khaimah: [...]

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Rain in the UAE

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

The other day I stepped outside the front door of my building and immediately noticed a strange smell in the air… It smelled fragrant, humid, and very familiar, but i still couldn’t place it… as I turned the corner to catch a taxi I spotted pools of water in the streets and realised it had [...]

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