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Middle East - Pictures of Sheikhs in DubaiView Full Version : Pictures of Sheikhs in Dubai andygeog Jul 10, 11, 5:20 am I know it's law in Dubai to display pictures of three Sheikhs in every public building in Dubai. I think one is Sheikh Mo, one is Sheikh Khalifa. Who is the third? Andy FinalCallDXB Jul 10, 11, 6:26 am Sheikh Zayed. 1st President of the UAE and father of Khalifa. I can think of one or two places in Dubai where they have Hamdan bin Mohammed (the Dubai crown prince) as well but this is in addition to the usual suspects. andygeog Jul 10, 11, 7:58 am Ta muchly. dunk Jul 10, 11, 8:02 am A related funny moment for those of you who use Facebook. I uploaded some pics from a recent visit to the air force museum in Riyadh. Facebook likes to be clever and identify faces in photos so you can tag your friends. So, along with the faces of my two colleagues, Facebook invited me to tag a portrait of King Abdullah that just happened to be in the background of one of my photos. I resisted the temptation to tag the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques :eek: Pics here is anyone is interested ... http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150245694657010.340451.519367009&l=8679b68229 csdf Jul 12, 11, 8:13 am I've driven past that place a gazillion times and always wondered what was inside. Now I know! GUWonder Jul 21, 11, 2:18 am Sheikh Zayed. 1st President of the UAE and father of Khalifa. I can think of one or two places in Dubai where they have Hamdan bin Mohammed (the Dubai crown prince) as well but this is in addition to the usual suspects. Goes to show that Abu Dhabi dominates, at least within the UAE. FinalCallDXB Jul 23, 11, 12:18 pm Goes to show that Abu Dhabi dominates, at least within the UAE. I'm not so sure about this. I think we all know how significant the influence of Abu Dhabi on Dubai is but in my (admittedly limited) first hand experience of native Emiratis here the affection for Sheikh Zayed seems genuine rather than imposed. GUWonder Aug 3, 11, 5:29 am I'm not so sure about this. I think we all know how significant the influence of Abu Dhabi on Dubai is but in my (admittedly limited) first hand experience of native Emiratis here the affection for Sheikh Zayed seems genuine rather than imposed. While the affection may well be genuine, it still goes to show that Abu Dhabi dominates in the UAE when it comes to matters of government. |