What currency is used in Dubai?
The currency of Dubai, and the other emirates that together comprise the UAE, is the United Arab Emirates Dirham. This is often abbreviated to either Dh or AED.
Regular events in Dubai
In addition to major public holidays such as National Day which falls on the second of December every year and celebrates the formation of the United Arab Emirates, and Eid al Fitr which falls on a different date each year and marks the end of Ramadan, Dubai regularly hosts a number of special events. Each [...]
GDP, import, export and oil bullets
Here are seven statistical factoids relating to import, export, oil and GDP : Dubai’s gross domestic product as of 2005 was 37 billion US dollars. Although Dubai’s economy was built on oil revenues, oil and natural gas now account for less than six percent of this figure. It is predicted that Dubai’s oil reserves will [...]
A brief history of Dubai’s economy up to 1979
Dubai’s close proximity to India made it an important trading location and it was already known in Europe from the sixteenth century for its pearling industry, but it was in the nineteenth century when the emir lowered trade taxes to lure foreign traders from neighbouring states that Dubai really began to grow in prominence. The [...]
The law and courts in Dubai
Dubai and Ras al Khaimah are the only emirates that do not conform to the federal judicial system of the United Arab Emirates. Dubai’s judicial courts comprise the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal, and the Court of Cassation. The Court of First Instance encompasses the Civil Court, which deals with civil claims; [...]