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The Birth of Burj Khalifa, 828 meters

January 5 2010
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photo: Joumana al Jabri

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Letter to Makkah governor

December 17 2009
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A letter from Arab New’s editor in chief published today in Arab News.

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Dubai’s crisis and Jeddah’s disaster!

December 9 2009
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An article from today’s Emarat Al Youm. We’ve translated it here for our readers who don’t read Arabic:
by Rashid Mohammad Al-Fozan
translation by Sandra Bsat
photo credit: Mohammed Al Sharif (alsharif at flickr.com)

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Gulf Notes, for the week ending 5 December 2009

December 7 2009
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Despite governmental assurances otherwise, residents in proximity of Musk Lake, Jeddah’s receptacle for untreated sewage, began evacuating the area as fear spread its dam walls might burst. … [read more]

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Floods in Jeddah

December 2 2009
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On the first day of the annual Hajj — as roughly two million people entered the Hejazi region for the religious visits to Meccah and Medina — Jeddah and its surroundings were hit by torrential rains. In last week’s Gulf Notes we reported that over forty people had died as a result of the flooding. That number is now above 100. [...] Our wishes of health and optimism go out to our beloved Jeddah and its citizens.

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GULF NOTES, the week ending 28 November 2009

November 30 2009
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H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum: “Our intervention in Dubai World was carefully planned and reflects its specific financial position. The Government is spearheading the restructuring of this commercial operation in the full knowledge of how the markets would react.”
Photo credit: Katrin Greiling

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