Pyjama Khaimah

From the BBC:

The Gulf emirate of Ras al-Khaimah has introduced a new dress code targeted in part at people wearing pyjamas to work. The head of the emirate's personnel department was quoted as saying that large numbers of civil servants were wearing sleeping clothes and pyjamas.

Sounds like a great place to work. Great final line:

It has recently launched a drive to catch up with the wealthier emirates Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

I'm sorry, but if your staff are either sleepwalking to work, or arriving non showered straight from shuteye bed to shut eye job, the drive to catch up will be a long one...with a few zzzzs on the way.

Pyjama ban for UAE civil servants

Buy house, get plane

It used to be good gossip, getting a car as a perk when buying property in Dubai. No doubt, those who gossip will throw in the fact that it is a certainty. It's not, it's a promotion, but a pretty damn good one. I'm waiting for Nakheel to top this one, by throwing in an island. That will kick start the property market again....

DSF: Damac offers plane, cars

UAE Girl Power

1. 1st woman elected to UAE legislature
2. 1st woman taxi driver in the United Arab Emirates
3. Sheikh Mo's daughter gets a silver in...KARATE

Maybe, they can get together and fight for equality in changing the name of the new ADDCI "businessman card"

Dubai has done it right

Remember when the race was on to be the finance centre of the Middle East. Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi were all in the picture. The only one that seems to be establishing some level of prominence is DIFC. Saudi will also be successful, but Dubai has done everything in its power to create the right environment, the right market, the right people to put itself in the lead when it comes to world class finance. Now, it's all about growing and keeping it world class.

The recent Economist article summarises it quite well:

Dubai has spent a fortune and done virtually everything within its power to establish an attractive market. In the end, though, successful financial centres cannot be created by government fiat. Success now depends on forces that are largely beyond its control.

All that glisters... - The Economist