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Natural history of the UAE,
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HISTORY & TRADITIONS - ARABIAN SALUKI
 Abu Dhabi readies for first Arab heritage saluki race festival
Posted on 22/12/2010
The first Arab Heritage Saluki Race Festival will be launched next Thursday at the camel racetrack in Zayed City in Al Gharbia (the Western Region).
The event is organised by the Arabian Saluki Centre and Al Dhafra Equestrian Club and sponsored by the Emirates Falconers Club and the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH).
The Festival, which gives a great opportunity for saluki owners to exercise their heritage sport in its natural desert environment, offers cash prizes of up
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 Beauty contest for a breed apart
Posted on 26/09/2010
Short, dark and handsome, Barq competed in his first beauty pageant yesterday. He was nervous, of course - so many people were watching, his rivals were stronger and more experienced than he, and the exhibition hall was too cold for the liking of a rail-thin desert dog.
And while in the end this would not be his day in the winner's circle, his time may yet come. "It's OK, he is too young," said his owner, Roberto Ferrari. "Barq can try again next year, when his muscles are more developed." Mr
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 Arabian Saluki Centre organises Third Arabian Saluki Beauty Contest
Posted on 09/09/2009
The Arabian Saluki Centre, Abu Dhabi, announced that it will organise the ‘Third Arabian Saluki Beauty Contest' to be held during this year's International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX Abu Dhabi 2009). The show will take place from September 30 to October 03 in the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
The Arabian Saluki Beauty Contest gives Saluki owners an opportunity to showcase their precious hounds - both smooth and feathered - on an international show level. The contest
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 Hamad's big passion for salukis
Posted on 08/11/2008
There are 800 pure Arabian Salukis (tall slender dogs of a silky coated breed) across the UAE that continue to grow in number with the help of one man whose passion and hobby towards the desert hounds was inherited since birth.
The hunting hounds have been around for more than 7,000 years BC; their country of origin is the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, Syria and Jordan.
Salukis come in two varieties - the smooth, known as Al Hess, with short silky fur all over its body - and the Feathered, known
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 Third Arabian Saluki Beauty Contest in capital next month
Posted on 24/09/2008
The third Arabian Saluki Beauty Contest will be organised by the Arabian Saluki Centre, Abu Dhabi, during this year's International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition.
The event, which will take place from October 8 to 11 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, is sponsored by Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Emirates Falconers Club. The Arabian Saluki Beauty Contest gives Saluki owners an opportunity to showcase their precious hounds on an
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 UAE to attend Saluki Congress in Helsinki
Posted on 18/06/2008
The UAE has been invited to participate in an international conference on the preservation of Saluki dogs. The Finnish Saluki Club will hold the Saluki World Congress 2008 in Helsinki and the Abu Dhabi-based Arabian Saluki Centre (ASC) will deliver one of the presentations. Around 1,000 participants and 800 Salukis from 22 countries will take part in event, from June 26 to July 7.
Hamad Al Ghanem, breeder, registrar general and director of ASC, will be the only speaker from the Middle East
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 Hundreds of Salukis to take part in beauty show
Posted on 02/10/2007
Hundreds of Saluki owners from the UAE and other GCC countries are expected to showcase their highly prized breeds in the Second Arabian Saluki Beauty Contest being held from October 24 to 27. "The show gives us the opportunity to highlight not only the incredible characteristics of the breed itself, but to create public awareness of our proud cultural heritage, especially for the younger generations," said Hamad Al Ganem, Breeder, Registrar General and Director of the Arabian Saluki Centre.
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 Second saluki beauty contest in October
Posted on 24/09/2007
The Arabian Saluki Centre, Abu Dhabi, announced Sunday its 'Second Arabian Saluki Beauty Contest' to be held during this year's Abu Dhabi 2007 International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition.
All owners in the UAE and GCC countries are requested to register their Arabian Salukis with the Arabian Saluki Centre for the show which will take place from Oct. 24 to 27 in the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) from 11am to 10pm.
Hamad Al Ghanem, breeder, registrar general and director of
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 Traditional desert hounds evoke keen interest around the world
Posted on 16/08/2007
The Arabian Saluki Centre, Abu Dhabi, yesterday announced that it will participate in the Festival of the Salukis 2007 to be held from August 31 to September 7 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
The Arabian Saluki Centre, established in 2002 by Hamad Al Ganem with the support of the Emirates Falconers' Club, commits itself to both the preservation of the pure breed Arabian Saluki and the traditional way of the Arabian hunting as an essential part of the cultural heritage.
The festival week will
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 First Saluki racetrack to be set up in Abu Dhabi by 2009
Posted on 15/07/2007
Reading, London - The first Saluki racetrack will be set up in Abu Dhabi within the next two years as part of the Emirates' bid to promote its national heritage, said officials yesterday at an international event held in the UK.
"A standard racetrack will be constructed that will meet the international standards, as we aim to hold international race competitions for salukis," said Hamad Ganem Al Ganem, Director, Breeder and Registrar General of the Arabian Saluki Centre.
The Saluki,
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 Saluki beauty show proves a hit
Posted on 17/09/2006
The Arabian Saluki Centre on Friday night announced the two most beautiful Arabian Saluki dogs in a beauty contest held on the sidelines of the annual Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (Adihex 2006).
The results of the first ever Arabian Saluki Beauty Contest in the Middle East were announced after the final round of a series of contests held since the beginning of the exhibition.
The Best in Show winners were Dasma, who won the Feathered Category, and Burkan,
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 The many charms of Salukis on show at beauty contest
Posted on 06/06/2006
A canine contest will give new meaning to the term beauty and the beast when dogs strut their stuff in a bid to prove they are the best looking. In September the Arabian Saluki Beauty Contest will see a string of dogs judged on everything from the way they move to the sheen of their coat.
The first-of-its-kind competition will run as part of the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (Adihex 2006), scheduled for Abu Dhabi International Exhibition Centre from September 11
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