Dubai - Prominent UAE businessman Majid al Futtaim, who founded retailing and entertainment giant MAF, has died, Dubai's ruler said on Friday in a Twitter post paying tribute to one of the emirate's pioneers "who gave back to the nation." Al Futtaim, who was born in the 1930s according to local media, in 1992 established Majid al Futtaim (MAF), a.