The Israeli/Gaza conflict has obviously dominated headlines here and it really made its presence known here this weekend. Shopping malls had large donation drop offs for goods, a 7 hour television telethon raised 86 million U.S. dollars and large, peaceful demonstrations took place in four emirates. We watched the 4,000 person rally that started close to our apartment on Saturday.
The global recession continues to impact the UAE's economy and the early comments about it being a healthy market correction have proven to be completely wrong.
Meanwhile the winter break continues for many universities and it gives us a chance to work on projects. We discovered that the new ultra luxury Abu Dhabi Resort Hotel on the Sir Bani Yas nature reserve island has a special (stay 3 nights and pay for 2). I'd like to take Darcy there for her birthday in March. Speaking of traveling, I should also get my annual airfare money in a week or two. Is it that time already to start thinking about planning our summer vacation?!
Marches show solidarity
Telethon raises Dh315m
Thinkers to converge on capital for future summit
Film follows sacred journey
Rubbish piling up on Islands off Abu Dhabi
Bucking tradition, western style
Marketing culture for global export
Freej Folklore to ‘change the way people perceive Arab theatre’
Warning: e-waste can turn nasty
Film follows sacred journey - this looks like an interesting movie. Unfortunately we learned that the premier showing was at the Emirates Palace was by invitation only. Naturally no details were given about how to get tickets and there has been no information about its release to the general public. Typical poor marketing as it could be a good opportunity for Westerners to learn more about Middle Eastern history. See the link below for more info about the central character Ibn Batutta.
Who was Ibn Battuta?
Abu Dhabi fossil sites surveyed
Park and fly takes on a new meaning
Ghost town on the horizon
Reading still popular, despite internet - I should mention the significance of these last two articles in my library information literacy classes that I teach to our students!
Thousands flocked to National Library in '08
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