Jebel Hafeet
Almost thirty kilometers south of Al Ain, sharing the borders of Oman, the Jebel Hafeet mountain rises 4000 feet from the desert floor, making it the highest tourist spot of the United Arab Emirates....
View ArticleAl Ain: An Oasis in the Desert
Literally translated as the spring, Al Ain is a fertile oasis in the vast deserts of the U.A.E. It is the country’s fourth largest city and is dubbed as the Garden City of the U.A.E. Masood and I...
View ArticleThis is Not One of Aesop's Fables
Once upon a time there lived a pretty Arabian princess named Umm Suqeim. She was known for her beauty and gracefulness. Mothers would use her as an example to their daughters, “Observe carefully and...
View ArticleShooting Panthera pardus nimr
… or the Arabian Leopard. I name him Al Shakhboot. He’s not too happy in his home at Al Ain zoo, of course. “I’d rather be running free in the Arabian peninsula with my tribe attacking hyenas and...
View ArticleMubazzarah Dam and Park, Al Ain
تَقَبَّلَ اللّهُ مِنَّ وَ مِنْكُمْ May Allah accept (the fast and worship) from you and from us. “I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet...
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