Ellen Calling Burj Dubai

Apple iPad

Mac < ipad < iphone

Personally I don't think that people should have it all, two of them are enough

Putin vs Medvedev

Obama Meets With NBA Champion Lakers

The New Mercedes Benz SLS

Code Name: The Cleaner

There were a movie in 07 called “code name: the cleaner” where a cleaner lost his memory & has come to believe that he is an undercover agent. The bottom line, this cleaner saved his company from a gang that wanted to steal some kind of a micro super tec-chip.

Those cleaner of burj khalifa are doing a brave job. They should be proud of what they are doing.

The Mileage Run

Obama, Clinton & Bush

I was watching alarabiya when I saw president obama, former president clinton & former president bush together in the white house to coordinate aids to haiti. I don’t know why but former president bush looked so happy !! Maybe bush was so happy to be in the white house again or maybe its the first time he appears n public without being screamed at.
Just few years ago, president bush at that time asked both former president Clinton & his father former president bush to help in aiding tsunami victims

Give now & life will be saved

Rotana & Murdoch

In September 09 there were rumors that News Corp of Rupert Murdoch will buy a stake in Alwaleed Rotana Media Services. Today, those rumors became liable as Murdoch & Alwaleed meeting became top business story. Back in the days Alwaleed used a fraction of his $18 billion fortune in owning 5.46% of News Corp. He did not stop there but he went beyond by backing Murdoch leadership.
Regardless of the stake percentage & the amount of money that Murdoch will invest in Rotana I just wonder how this alliance could benefit Rotana in the long term. A simple question that need an answer.

Nexus One

Undocked Nexus One device is $530
Locked Nexus One device is $180

How Burj Khalifa Measures Up

Bella Ciao

Bella ciao is an Italian song wirten by left wing the anti fascism resistance movement. Bella ciao was mapped to the Iranian green movement in a video clip. This Green movement reminds the world what happened in 1979. The road that was taken by the Shah is the same road used by the Iranian regime. Wish that soon this regime receive the same deadened of the Shah & hope the best for the Iranian people.


Bella Ciao Lyrics:
One morning I woke up
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
One morning I woke up
And I found the invader

Oh partisan, carry me away,
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
Oh partisan, carry me away,
For I feel I'm dying

And if I die as a partisan
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
And if I die as a partisan
You have to bury me

But bury me up in the mountain
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao,
But bury me up in the mountain
Under the shadow of a beautiful flower

And the people who will pass by
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao,
And the people who will pass by
Will say to me: "what a beautiful flower"

This is the flower of the partisan
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
This is the flower of the partisan
Who died for freedom


The Lyrics was taken from http://www.marxists.org

Creative Way To Campaign Against Carbon Tax

A creative way to campaign this topic "Global carbon tax is the biggest lie in history"

Arabian vs Persian

From time to time, I read An Emirati's Thoughts blog. A post dated on 26th of Dec 09 called “While this happens ..” dragged my attention but what dragged it more is a comment to this topic that was post by Jassim.

“While this happens…” talks about the name of the gulf, is it the Arabian Gulf as I & most of the Arabs wish or is it the Persian Gulf as the Iranian & most of the world calls it.

Thought most of the nations live around the Gulf are Arabs the Iranians claim that the Persian Gulf was named this way many years ago when Persia was a superpower. Jassim does seem to have a support to the Iranians as they want to call it the Persian Gulf. He says “the name is not the issue as long as power rules by the end of the day, power is not always about war, fight and conflict sometimes it's just history and dominance.” On the other hand if it is the matter of being a superpower then we should call it the Islamic Gulf as islam ruled this place over a thousand year.



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“While this happens…”
Our Iranian Friend's Grandest battles are:Calling the Gulf "Persian"

Did you know that the manipulation of the internet to serve Persian Ultra-Nationalism has permeated to wikipedia ? Supposedly the UAE plays in a cup called the "Gulf cup of Nations" while as you read in the link, the Iranian Government has protested to the UAE regarding this fact.
Of course, in typical Iranian style since our friend the Shah: Kick around the people, and then rile them with ultranationalist sentiments and let them vent their anger at the Arabs. And even regular Iranians that hate the regime are claiming that the people kicking the others around in the street are Arabs. The Ultra-Nationalistic lying to ones-self is a sick symptom of denial and "exporting" the causes of your problems to the Arabs.
The Gulf remains Arabian until Iran ends its illegal occupation of the 3 Islands.

Not Funny Palin Trying To Be Funny

Former GOP VP nominee & former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin in one of her interviews to market her new book “Going Rogue”

Suzanne Mubarak On CNN MME

It’s very hard for a person to get out from the legacy left by the one who was occupying this position. This is the case of the current Egyptian first lady Suzanne Mubarak. Though she is occupying this first lady position since 1981 when Anwar Sadat former Egyptian president was assassinated at his 1973 victory anniversary. Dr. Jehan el Sadat was Egypt former first lady for almost 10 years. At that time she was more than a first lady. Many say that she had an influence over her husband. She played a key role in reforming Egypt’s civil rights and till now she is an active former first lady.

In my opinion the husband Hosni Mubarak did a great job to have his own legacy too comparing to his former bosses both Jamal Abdel Nasser & Anwar Sadat.

Pope On Ground At Christmas Eve

unknown woman who tried to reach Pope Benedict XIV during Mass at the Vatican was detained. the pope was knocked to the ground alone with a french cardinal.

down here you will see anther incident when a turkish man tried to assassin the late Pope John Paul ii in 1981

Barry From DC

President Barak Obama uses the nickname “Barry” to call the radio show “Ask the Governor”

Christmas At The White House

Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special


And down there is a photo released by the White House showing President Barak Obama taking H1N1 vaccine

Good Year For UAE Diplomacy

For many years our UAE foreign affair ministers worked in the shadow moreover our foreign relations were based on reactions with few exceptions. We mostly coped with GCC oriented diplomacy under the Saudis leadership. The Saudis are the rock of GCC diplomacy & when the Qataris tried to stand up against it, they adopted an extreme radical one. The one that host the Americans, contaminate the Lebanese & collaborate with the Iranians-Syrian alliance. However after some ups and downs Qatar returned to be under the Saudi shadow. The Emirati foreign policy was & still under the shadow of its powerful neighbor the kingdom of Saudi Arabia but 2009 is significantly different. Though part of UAE diplomacy is still under the Saudi shadow, 2009 showed us that there is a new diplomacy that seeks only the UAE interests. Simple comparison between the activities of the first UAE foreign affair minister Ahmed khalifa Al Suwaidi & the current minister Sheikh Abdulla Bin Zayed will make this view obvious.

We could have long debates over the reasons but who thought that one day the UAE will pullout from it’s much beloved project, the GCC currency union. And by doing so who thought that the UAE could stand the angry fires from the Saudis via a strong but quiet diplomacy. I still remember the 40 km line of tracks waiting under bad weather conditions for weeks just to pass the Saudi’s boarder.

Also 2009 was the beginning of the strategic military alliance with France. As a result, France launched its first military base in the Arabian Gulf few miles away from the Strait of Hormuz. Peace Camp base, a base that consist of naval force, army division and the air force. This Peace Camp comes just few months after French air force joined the US air force installation in Al Dhafra Air Base in Abu Dhabi.


Then nuclear program came to birth. Landmark agreement on peaceful nuclear cooperation between the UAE & the US government. This agreement will allow the UAE to receive sensitive information and materials from the US to help create the Arab world's first civilian nuclear power industry.

Finally and after months of diplomatic lobbying & campaigning Abu Dhabi was chosen to host the headquarter of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).


In an article published in The National on Sunday the 20th Sultan Sooad Al Qassemi said that 2009 is the most important year in the UAE’s foreign relation. I can’t agree more with Sultan and without a doubt we can declare Sheikh Abdulla Bin Zayed 2009 most influential official in the UAE.

The embassies map is from The National