For me the Arabic World holds the most beautiful wooden doors in the world and I already was aware of that. However, that the United Arab Emirates are home of some extraordinary traffic signs- next to the camel sign – was news to me ausgefallener Schilder ist. The warning sign “Caution arabs cross the way” I took right away to
Even if the former chancellor Schmidt thinks that people with visions need medical assistance, reality tells us another story: Visions are there to become truth. Presently that holds true for the so called Saadiyat Island Project and island just 500 m off the Abu Dhabi coast. It is still to early to say whether the project, the island of happiness
It is big. No, it is vast. Picture from TV do not do justice to reality. It is a monster! If you are standing in front of it for the first time it throws you for a loop! Well, I mean I’ve seen quite something from the world, however the stretch of this hotel is phenomenal. At night the colour
The Palace Museum served as Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultans’ residency until 1976. Meanwhile it has been completely restored and turned into a museum. Only original material have been used for its restoration such as mud, stones, palm clades and imported teakwood. The masonry made of mud was build in 1940 and witnessed a modest initiation at that time. Even when
Camel Races are shown fridays on the Al-Wathba Camel Race Track. To rise with the sun, races start at around 07:30 a.m, is worth it as the little video displays. Next to a short video there are pictures of the event. More articles from the United Arab Emirates: Al-Ain Palace Museum Luxury’s Peak: Emirates Palace Visions for the future: The
“I love my Germans” Qatar’s ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Chalifa Al Thani was quoted to have said on the phone when talking to the German architect Albert Speer right after he received the good news that Qatar will be home of the World Cup in 2022 (cf. Spiegel magazine 50/2010:136). The label “Made in Germany” has a good reputation in
“Alien is where human beings are being hurt and humiliated. Home is where human beings have friends, tongue and hope.” (Yüksel Pazarkaya) Maybe the meaning of the word “home” is most likely reflected if one does not terry the same. However, does the country of birth always necessarily equals home? If alien is, as the Turkish poet Pazarkaya describes it,
To tell the truth takes courage. Especially, if one does it before the public. All the more Yassin Musharbashs comment “Falsche Schablonen im Kopf” (false behaviour patterns in the head) from November 19th, 2010 on Spiegel Online made me happy. If terror comes to Germany right now, which will hopefully not happen, it is abstract for the time being, not
If you enter the Mezquita in Córdoba your are not in the wood but in the pillar forest. Big pillars with fitted arches and an alternating sequence of bricks and stones of red and beige colour are standing numerous and beautifully arranged in the cathedral. Amidst the former mosque of the 8th century stands a big chapel with screwed responsible
Andalusia or “Al Andalus” is a synonym for Spains moorish heritage. Especially the cities of Granada, Córdoba and Sevilla are material witness for this splendid times. But what does moorish heritage stand for and who were those moors anyway? The natives (griechisch: „mauros“=dunkel) of occidental white africa were called moors. Nowadays this term describes the population of North Africa which