RAK's director of tourism says the priority is 'catering for the local community', although the emirate also has ambitious tourism plans, starting with its 64-kilometre coastline. Read Article Ras Al Khaimah corniche set for transformation
Skai Holdings, which is building the property, says it will feature 10 of the world's "best restaurants" as well as a gourmet market, bakery, beach club and three outdoor swimming pools. Read Article $1 billion Viceroy Hotel set for Palm Jumeirah
The Dubai-based graffiti stencil artist Steffi Bow, who has created a life-size artwork of the Lebanese rapper Malikah for an adidas campaign, talks about how picking up a spray can five years ago changed her life.
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The United States and the Afghan government announce they will hold talks with the Taliban in Doha this week aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan. US to hold peace talks with Taliban
A culinary map of the variety of Indian food organised by Indian states in just the two-kilometre radius of Karama in Dubai - often billed Little India. With map. A guide to Karama's Indian restaurants state by state
The days of taking one picture at a time on real film, rather than a disk, have never lost their romance. Neither have the images, a website is proving. Rym Ghazal reports Snapshots tell of the way we were
