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Doing it in Dubai
people, cars

Setting New Standards
The Metropolitan Palace Hotel was recently awarded the ISO 9002 standards award for quality systems. Alex Phillips found out more.

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The Arab Psyche
As we approach the 21st century, the Arab nation is experiencing a crisis that it must overcome to move successfully into the new millennium. In the second of a series of articles, Al Shindagah looks at the Arab psyche, past and present

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Australians
Dubai is host to an amazing mix of nationalities and in the fifth of a series on the communities of Dubai, Al Shindagah profiles the Australians. By Zac Sharpe

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Million Dollar Art
Plans to stage the world's biggest ever art competition in Dubai could see the Emirate firmly placed at the centre of the international arts scene

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The Oryx
In the second of a series on Arabia's wildlife, Zac Sharpe takes a look at the Arabian Oryx

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Will the Gulf States catch Asian flu?

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Game, Set and Match
Professional women's tennis was served up in Dubai for the first time last year, but the second Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge looks set to take it to a new level, as Frank Stamford found out

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Al Khansa
In the sixth of our continuing series about exemplary women in Islamic history, Sheikh Faris Ali Al Mustafa turns the spotlight on the famous Arab poetess Al Khansa

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Free Trade
Many people asked if Dubai really needed another free zone when work on the Dubai Airport Free Zone began. Zac Sharpe found out why this 1.2 million square metre project will stand out from the rest

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Are doctors in the UAE keeping up to date?

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Chairman's Message
Al Habtoor News

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