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THE KNOWLEDGE
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GRAPESHISHA DEFINITIONS
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Baba Ghannoujj - Char grilled eggplant which is then pureed with sesame and eaten with bread. Arguable the dish was made more famous by Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in the film wedding crashers, with John's nickname for Jeremy being Baba Ganoush or Baba Ganush. There is no apparent reason for this name in that it sounds relatively fun to say.
Bargaining - Or haggling is a well practiced fun pastime in most souks and small shops in the UAE. Shopkeepers expect their customers to start questioning the price, so if you feel comfortable don’t be shy to name your price tag. The calculators will come out and in no time you will see a discount!
Bawadi - Bawadi will be the largest hospitality and leisure development in the region, will have 51 luxury hotels as well as the worlds largest hottest hotel Asia Asia.
Bedouin - The very early settlers of the UAE were known as Bedouins or ‘desert dwellers’. Bedouins are independent and resourceful and are known for detaching themselves from the materialistic aspects of the real world in order to make a living by their own methods of farming. It is believed that nearly 180,000 Bedouins live in the UAE desert today.
Bukhoor - Bukhoor is the Arabic term for woodchips infused with fragrant oils. The chips give off a scent upon burning in a suitable incense burner (Medhan)
Bur Dubai - In the past, Bur Dubai along with Deira were the business districts of Dubai. Now businesses are centring around the Sheikh Zayed Road and the newer areas of Dubai which has turned Bur Dubai into a residential hotspot bustling with great shopping and entertainment points. In Bur Dubai you’ll find the popular Burjuman shopping centre which over the years has seen recent expansion into more designer labels as well as familiar high street stores. The Mina Bazaar area on Al Fahidi Street has an array of colourful Indian silks and other fabric as well as ready made “shalwaar kameez” or female Indian suits and sarees. You will also find tailors here to copy or make your favourite dress from scratch in as little as a day. The Dubai Museum in the Al Fahidi Fort is a must for a general historic overview of Dubai as well as several other historical places such as the Bastakiya, Heritage Village and Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum’s House. Also, Bur Dubai is the home of the abra and you can take one over the creek to Deira.
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Typical Salaries in the UAE
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Dubai Recrutiment Agencies
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Cost of Living in Dubai and the UAE
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Guide to UAE Blogs
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The Classifieds
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Islamic Finance
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