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Natural history of the UAE,
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Report by National US Arab Chamber of Commerce on the UAE. Vol XV, No 3, June 2007. Includes analysis of UAE economy. |
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HISTORY & TRADITIONS - RAMADAN
 Walt Disney music casts spell
Posted on 16/10/2007
The Disney symphony orchestra hit a peak and children watched avidly as their favourite characters danced across the screen at the Dubai Creek Park yesterday night. The odd balloon floated into the sky as children took in to the messages of Walt Disney's famous tales and about ‘Dubai Cares' from the campaign patrons.
"The Magical Music of Walt Disney” at Dubai Creek Park rocked the children as well as the elders who flocked to attend the event. A crowd of several hundreds thronged the
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 "Dubai cares" receives Dh21m in donation from DIB
Posted on 15/10/2007
Dubai Cares, the charity drive held during the Holy Month of Ramadan to help educate one million children in poor countries has received Dh21 million in donation from Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB). The announcement was made by Saad Abdul Razzaq, Group Chief Executive Officer of Group at a meeting here on Sunday with Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
Dubai Cares joins a list of international initiatives launched in Dubai that express Dubai's will to play an effective role contributing
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 "Dubai Cares" International Fair and Walkathon to kick off next Friday
Posted on 15/10/2007
"Dubai Cares", the campaign to help educate one million children in poor countries, is organizing an International Fair and Walkathon on Friday, 19th of October 2007 under the patronage of Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
The two events will be held at the Nad Al Sheba race track in Dubai. The fair is scheduled from 2:00pm-8:00pm and the walkathon will begin at 5:00pm.
All proceeds from the two events will be donated to the "Dubai Cares" campaign.
Sheikha Maitha will
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 Dubai Cares charity a brilliant success - UN
Posted on 13/10/2007
The mobilisation of more than US$220 million (about Dh810 million) through Dubai's charity initiative Dubai Cares has been described as a "brilliant success" by a spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Referring to the US$1 million pledged by Dubai Cares to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), a spokesman for Ban Ki-moon said the contribution will cover a large part of the emergency educational needs of the children of Nahr Al Bared
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 RCA delivers President's Ramadan charity to Iraqis
Posted on 11/10/2007
The UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) has continued providing food stuff items at cost Dh3.675 million to Iraqi people during the Holy Month of Ramadan upon instructions of President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
About 100, 000 Iraqi families have benefited so far from the Ramadan meals in all Iraqi provinces.
Khalifa Nasser Al Suweidi, Board Chairman of the RCA said, "The RCA has stepped up its humanitarian efforts in Iraqi since advent of Ramadan in extension to a course outlined
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 Qanat Al Qasba readies a feast of entertainment
Posted on 10/10/2007
The Eid celebrations at Qanat Al Qasba this year will include a spectacular display of fireworks on the three days of Eid. Traditional Arabic bands will also entertain the crowds with their performances daily at the Zaman Awal heritage area beginning at 7pm.
One of the highlights of the Eid celebrations would be the grand raffle draw for the Fawazeer Al Qasba riddle winners, who will be entitled to win a Hyundai car, airline tickets courtesy of Al Etihad Airways and cash prizes.
To add more
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 Children make perfect envoys
Posted on 09/10/2007
Children have emerged as one of the most avid supporters of the Dubai Cares campaign, which aims to help educate impoverished youngsters from around the world.
And to streamline and channel the enthusiasm, charity officials have issued guidelines for schoolchildren collecting cash for the initiative.
Bryan Espie, promotions manager of the campaign, said: "All students should be supervised by a parent or an adult while selling the coupons given to them by their schools.” And, more important,
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 Millions more to benefit as figure tops Dh800m
Posted on 09/10/2007
The total collected by Dubai Cares has topped the Dh800 million mark – which means millions more children will benefit from the charity drive. The figure is four times the amount, the six-week campaign had set out to raise. The original aim was to provide a million needy children with primary education – so now many more will be given schooling.
No official target was announced when the initiative was launched on September 19 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
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 Dubai Cares: Disney to hold musical charity
Posted on 07/10/2007
A one-day charity event, the Disney Symphony — the magical music of Walt Disney — will be brought to Dubai by Dubai Cares. The event, which is being held under the patronage of Sheikh Saeed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, will be staged at the Dubai Creek Park on October 15 from 7pm to 9pm. The symphony orchestra will present a musical journey featuring from the early classics and recent releases of Walt Disney's movies, including The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, Mary Poppins, and
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![]() UAE State Minister of Foreign Affairs donates AED1 million to Dubai Cares
Posted on 05/10/2007
A donation of Dh1 million has been provided by UAE State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed Bin Hussein Al-Shaali to the "Dubai Care" campaign which was recently launched by H.H Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum, UAE Vice-President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai to educate more than one million children in poverty-hit countries, announced Thursday "Dubai Cares".
The campaign which was launched on 19 September 2007 is Dubai's contribution to a global drive to help countries achieve
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 UAE's "Dubai Cares" receive Dh7 million in donations
Posted on 05/10/2007
Seven million dirhams in donations for the Dubai Cares campaign were offered by top retailers, senior government and private sector officials, shopping mall owners and the media at the annual Burjuman Ramadan banquet hosted by UAE businessman Majed Saif Al Ghurair at Grand Hyatt Hotel, Dubai.
Among those that contributed to the charity drive included the Landmark Group with Dh 5 million, and the Choithram Group and Jumbo Electronics with Dh 1 million each.
The Dubai Cares campaign was
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 UAE Embassy in Tanzania organizes Iftar get-together
Posted on 04/10/2007
Since the beginning of Ramadan the UAE embassy in Tanzania is organizing Iftar parties across the country. The programme patronized by UAE Reed Crescent Authority is supported by Khalifa Foundation for Charity Works. The embassy is implementing the Iftar meals distribution programme at the mosques with an aim of helping the poor and needy in Tanzania. (Emirates News Agency, WAM)
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 Sheikha Maitha Bint Mohammed visits Sudan
Posted on 03/10/2007
The enormous challenges and heart rending plight of suffering children in Sudan can only be overcome through humanitarian initiatives such as the Dubai Cares campaign, according to Sheikha Maitha Bint Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. During her first-ever visit to Sudan as part of the Dubai Cares initiative, Sheikha Maitha toured the country to personally understand the children's struggle to obtain basic education.
Senior government officials in Khartoum debriefed her on the education needs
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![]() UAE Embassy in Pretoria supports needy families
Posted on 03/10/2007
Pretoria - UAE embassy in South Africa has embarked on support of the needy Muslim families during the Holy Month of Ramadan. The embassy was backed by the UAE Red Crescent Authority to help the needy. About 100 Muslim families benefited from the Ramadan provisions at KwaZulu Natal province in South Africa. (Emirates News Agency, WAM)
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![]() UAE Embassy in Mauritania continues charity program
Posted on 03/10/2007
UAE embassy in Nouakchott announced that the UAE charity work of Ramadan in Mauritania is still going on. Ali al Hosni, UAE Charge d'Affaires in Mauritania said that the program of Ramadan breakfast organized by the UAE Red Crescent Authority in some Mauritanian cities has covered a large number of mosques and Quran schools and other places.
Al Hosni told that there are other charity works being carried out in Mauritania by Sheikh Khalifa Foundation for charity works, stressing that these
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