This article was meant to be a “brief notation”, just a hint that Dubai has a metro by now. The news, of course, is only intresting in that respect that the world’s expectancy comes to a halt for a second. Actually not the ultra-modern tube is the superlative in effect that, however breaks any record so far – of course.
Auf der Seite “Buchmärkte” der Frankfurter Messe wurde ich durch Zufall und mit großer Begeisterung auf ein paar Studien zum Arabischen Buchmarkt aufmerksam. Eine Zusammenfassung der Inhalte möchte ich im Folgenden dem interessierten Leser zur Verfügung stellen. Die Ergebnisse der Studien lasse sich wie folgt zusammenfassen: Voranzustellen ist, dass die statistische Datenlage in allen untersuchten Ländern mangelhaft bis unzureichend ist.
The fifth Arab Human Development Report of the United Nations was published. After an absence of almost four years the fith report in the series was released under the title “Challenges for human security in Arabic Countries”. A brief and informative summary of the reports from 2002, 2003 and 2004 have been written by Dr. Wolfgang G. Schmitz which has
The political approach of the lybian head of state, Muammar al-Ghaddafi, might be debatable. However, its creativity is not. As German newspapers reported lately Ghaddafi is about to construct his own car on the occassion of this 40th anniversary of coming into power. In the face of the expired car scrappage scheme there might be envy. Oil in place and
They still exist: The bastions of good taste. Even at place where you do not surmise them, at the “all-inclusive” coast in Turkey, for example. The wild cliffy coast region around the small seaside resort Kaş is simply a dream, a textbook example: far away from any mass tourism the village remaind true to itself and its tradition. Flate-rate tourists
Offensichtlich muss auch eine renommierte Seite wie “Spiegel Online” mal das Sommerloch füllen. Kaum anders kann ich mir einen Artikel vom 08.08.2009 mit dem Titel “Dresscode im Einkaufszentrum” erklären. Es geht um den Aufruf der Dubaier Behörden an ausländische Besucher, sich doch bitte in der Öffentlichkeit dezent zu kleiden. Äußerst peinlich dazu die Erklärung einer jungen Russin, dass sie gar
Upon reading the capacious study by the Californian Berkman Center a breath of disappointment seems to be permanently there. In fact the Arabian blogger scene is nothing special (as one might have expected). First of all, Arabian blogger deal with its homeland. Well, that should be the same in any other country. Men and women alike are blogging about personnel
Denn in dem recht kurzen und mit Plattitüden (“unzählige Geländewagen und Luxuskarossen sind unterwegs – ach?”) gespickten Artikel, erfährt der neugierige Leser weder etwas über das Land Oman, noch überraschenderweise über das Projekt.
There is always a “for the first time” in life, also for smoking a water pipe, nargile (Arabic), a hubbly bubbly (English) or a Shisha (Arabic). I think I had my fist Shisha during my 10-month stay in Jordan. Meanwhile I own one for myself from Kuwait. I bought my first one in 2001 in Tunisia – unfortunately it did
What concerns the participation of Arabic invesstors within the German industrial landscape one might be torn. Initial resistance gave meanwhile way to headlines such as “Petrodollars shall save car industry” (Spiegel Online 29.6.2009) or even: “The saviour from the East” (title of Manager Magazine 7/2009). States like Abu Dhabi and Qatar are new on the scene – until now the