United Arab Emirates

UAE chefs get taste of Ireland

24 May 2012

SOME OF Dubai’s top chefs competed last night to create the winning menu from a selection of Irish ingredients. The Taste of Ireland event was organised by the Irish Business Network in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to promote Irish produce.

Shorts too short? Foreigners told to cover up in UAE

24 May 2012

At 23, Asma Al Muhairi has never considered herself a social activist. But a shopping trip to a Dubai mall left her so irate that she started a campaign against revealing clothing and has sparked a major debate in the United Arab Emirates. Al Muhairi's campaign to persuade expats and tourists to dress more modestly began after she and her friend Hanan Al Rayes saw a young woman in shorts that ...

Are these shorts too short? Foreigners told to cover up in UAE

24 May 2012

At 23, Asma Al Muhairi has never considered herself a social activist. But a shopping trip to a Dubai mall left her so irate that she started a campaign against revealing clothing and has sparked a major debate in the United Arab Emirates.