velo-city | Dubai
Shaneer Nusrat Siddiqui Project Coordinator, Al Thuraya Astronomy Center, Dubai
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efore we discuss the rise of Dubai as a trading powerhouse and a world class urban center, let’s go back in time and analyse how the Emirate’s name itself symbolises its potential and its core values. There are several accounts, but the most widely shared are three. One is that
Dubai is a combination of Farsi words for two brothers. Then some people associate it with a souk, while some say it came from a word meaning money. The short of it is that since the last 12,000 years, when civilisation first started here, the Emirate has symbolised family and trade, a unique combination in the globalised world of today.
City of Dreams
Dubai is not just a country but a dream of every person living in any part of the world, who wants to see how the dreams are converted into reality… Welcome to Dubai!!! UAE, known as the Gateway of East and West, is also called the fastest growing country in the world. Dubai’s high-rise buildings not only make us feel high and amazed but also give the viewer the inspiration to move
forward in the race of life. If you want to reach above all, Burj Khalifa’s platforms are waiting for you; to see the beauty of the world from that height and it’s an extraordinary experience. Now let’s go to the Burj Al Arab; the building that says that if there is any competition for the beauty of a building, I am the winner every time. There is no comparison for the interior designing and the tennis court built on the top of this building. The beautiful beaches of Dubai give every tourist a feeling of peace and beauty that he would like to imagine every moment in his life. Visiting Palm Island seems like the sea is saying that you are in my lap and for those who are looking for fun, these beaches are a world that has no end ... Jetski, Deep Sea Fishing, Cruise, scuba diving, skydive and much more. The shopping mall of Dubai not only
From a hamlet of pearl divers to the pearl of Middle East
44 March 2020 | www.urbanupdate.in
