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Teh united arab emirates |
MageMog
Member #2,668
August 2002
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Quote: MageMog: You lived the United Arab Emirates or something, right? (I hope so, if I'm wrong and it's Finland or something then that's some real freaky weather )
How many of you have heard about the United Arab Yes... I live here... For now...
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miran
Member #2,407
June 2002
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I heard that they are emirates and that they are united... And that Arabs live there... -- |
nonnus29
Member #2,606
August 2002
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Yeah, its over there by Qatar and Oman and Saudi Arabia. I bet theres not much of chance you'll be getting any action with the local girls, ehh? nonnus to united arab emirates girl - girl - nonnus - girl - Just then the door bust down and about thirty screaming sheiks storm in - |
MageMog
Member #2,668
August 2002
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I'm dumb!... well, never in person, but I know a few
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nonnus29
Member #2,606
August 2002
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MageMog, why are you in the United Arab Emirates anyway? |
MageMog
Member #2,668
August 2002
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Daddy got promoted
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HoopsMan
Member #1,943
February 2002
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Dubai Shopping Festival, I presume? |
MageMog
Member #2,668
August 2002
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yaa... DSF is friggin' causing huge traffic on
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Pradeepto Bhattacharya
Member #1,340
May 2001
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Enjoy the DSF minus the traffic.Some folks I know were there during DSF couple of years back.They said it rocked. -- |
nonnus29
Member #2,606
August 2002
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Is that like Mardi Gras or something? |
Thomas Harte
Member #33
April 2000
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These are the things I think I know : the UAE is one of the more progressive (to tainted Western eyes such as mine) of the Arab countries, being democratic and has a functioning market economy. However it borders Saudi Arabia, which is friendly to Western regimes but the leadership there seems to preside over large variations in public opinion as a lot of Al-Qieda are recruited from Saudi. Also the UAE is probably the reason that when a random sample were asked, about 70% of Americans speculated that the United Kingdom (the joint group of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales as distinct from Great Britain which is a name that comes historically from the need to differentiate with what is now the Brittany region of France but was then an autonomous region and which refers to more or less the same area but notably without any of Ireland and probably not Scotland) was in the middle east. Ummm, you can still get the BBC World Service in UAE on long wave I think, although possibly it is one of the areas which has been switched over to DAB only. Being near Qatar the most significant news channel is Al-Jazera, who I'm sure we all know very well indeed and on the topic of BBC'ness have recently signed a deal with the BBC for news resource sharing. I'm going to go out on a limb (though not much of one) and guess that Mecca Cola will be available to you very soon indeed. [My site] [Tetrominoes] |
Dark
Member #749
November 2000
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Quote: Yes... I live here... For now... Where are you from then?:P
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Cheradenine Zakalwe
Member #2,046
March 2002
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Well many moons ago I lived in Kuwait for a while... (Long before the Gulf War! ... Showing my age there ) Thing I remember the most was the INSANE drivers! and that Friday was a day off not weekends... and at 6pm every night the prayers would blare out from the mosque on a PA system! (I was only about 8 years old at the time!!!) |
Thomas Harte
Member #33
April 2000
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Well, I take it back, I've done some research and it seems that UAE is not democratic (I was imagining the emirates having a similar role to the remaining European royalty) but nevertheless do very well in terms of offering civil liberties and press freedom and use a secular interpretation of law. Here's a UAE question : if there are many emirates, how do they decide who gets to go to the Arab League shindigs? Or do they just send an incredibly large party? [My site] [Tetrominoes] |
gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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I've heard that Emirates is a really good Airline -- |
MageMog
Member #2,668
August 2002
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Quote: Where are you from then? The United States, more specifically New York : / Quote: I've heard that Emirates is a really good Airline yeah... they're ooookay.... that's about it. Quote: Thing I remember the most was the INSANE drivers!
yep... crazy drivers here too hmm... I can't wait for mecca cola....
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X-G
Member #856
December 2000
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MageMog said: I can't wait for mecca cola.... Internal joke: You ought to be drinking Cola Aqbar! -- |
nonnus29
Member #2,606
August 2002
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Lime Green Fanta! That was my favorite in Germany, too bad they don't have fanta in the states... What was the (Happy Dark?) topic again? |
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