Celebrating UAE's glory

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is situated on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Iran. Dubai has the largest population in the UAE followed by Abu Dhabi and has the second largest land territory by area of all the emirates after Abu Dhabi.

Today, Dubai has become symbolic for its skyscrapers and high-rise buildings and Abu Dhabi's major attractions are the Sheikh Zayed Mosque – which is the most important architectural landmarks, and the Ferrari World, a Ferrari themed amusement park on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.

With UAE celebrating its 41^st National Day on Sunday, December 02, 2012, Dawn.com gives you a glance of the country, its buildings and attractions.

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The writer is a Multimedia Producer at Dawn.com. She tweets @mejmankani

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saad

Dec 03, 2012 04:50pm

You are so shallow. Cities are known for eternity for their discoveries, innovations, scientific and technological achievements. Thats why we know of Cambridge, Silicon Valley, Boston (for Harvard and MIT). What pearl of knowledge has Dubai given the world?

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akk

Dec 03, 2012 06:50pm

Dude, Only difference is they adopted moderate Islam and your country adapted fundmentalist Islam.

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amir

Dec 03, 2012 08:42pm

This is one flaw to your logic, OIL!!!! I'm tired of people comparing pakistan with western or middle eastern countries. Truth is we are behind because we don't have a competitive advantage of natural resource or anyother. Pakistan can only be the best pakistan it can be, please stop with the comparisons.

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Rana Muhammad Usman s/o Nisar Ahmad si

Dec 02, 2012 01:34pm

Congratulations Dubai. 4m the side of pakistani's. We are happy that being a muslim state, we are with the UAE pleasures. But there is a great lesson for us that dubai is celebrating its 41st national and we 64th. But economically and socially we are lagging behind too much. We all people and govt. Should seriously ponder over this issue and note all the reasons that y we r so much behind dubai. And we must remove all those rubbish and stand in front of worlds leading nations. Regards. Rana Muhammad Usman. Okara.

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