· November, 2005

Stories about United Arab Emirates from November, 2005

United Arab Emirates: Mute Maids

30 November 2005

Secret Dubai say, it's a common sight across the UAE: a downtrodden-looking young maid, often Indonesian or Malaysian in appearance, pushing a child in a pram or pushchair. A hijab fully covers her hair, her eyes are lowered, and she does not look at or speak to anyone: not even...

United Arab Emirates: Flickr in UAE

29 November 2005

Blocking Flickr in UAE is getting a lot of support and attention from all around the world. A group of bloggers created a Flickr group to collect protestant's signature.

United Arab Emirates: On Air

23 November 2005

Secretdubai sees that there is an explosion with number of English speaking, Arabic owned TV stations that are going to be soon On Air.

United Arab Emirates: Stone Age

17 November 2005

secretdubai describe Sharjah as the “Stone Age” emirate. Why? Two women were abducted and raped by fake taxi drivers and complain to police. What did Sharjah police do? Charge the women with being “in privacy with a man.”