Zac Efron and Jessica Alba are showing off some moves in a new action-packed film that appears to be promoting Dubai as part of a new campaign.
Efron teams up with Alba in a seemingly similar take on ‘Mr and Mrs Smith’, playing a couple that jet sets across the emirate while taking down some bad guys. All in a day’s work we think. Zac Efron riding in a bike in Al Bastakaiya Dubai Image Credit: Instagram.com/zacefron
The film opens with an aerial shot of Burj Al Arab, with Efron channelling his ‘Baywatch’ slo-mo walk as he climbs out of a pool. A frustrated Alba chastises Efron for bringing his work to their vacation as they sit at Pier Chic. A second later, a leather-clad man bursts into a restaurant atop a bike, with Alba leaping into the air to fend him off, even as Efron springs into action as well.
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A history as old as time Al Ain has a rich history and is a treasure trove of archaeological artefacts. Image Credit: Gulf News Archives
Long before the federation came about, the area was known as the Arabian Peninsula that can be traced back to 6000 B.C. Remnants of the country’s past are peppered through the various archeological sites in the country, with Hili Archaeological Park a personal favourite.
Tracing currency One Dirham and other old UAE currency notes from the collection of Parshotam Mukhi. Image Credit: Virendra Saklani/Gulf News
The first dirham notes were introduced in 1973 with denominations of Dh1, 5, 10, 50 and 100. Three years later the Dh1,000 note was released. The first notes issued had both Arabic and English lettering, with various landmarks of the UAE printed on them. They were similar to those that are in circulation today.
From Al Shindagha to Al Seef, create some new memories in the oldest part of the emirate Bur Dubai, on the western bank of the Dubai Creek, comes alive during Ramadan Image Credit: Supplied
Once a year in Ramadan, we gather around the glass-topped tables of Special Ostadi in Bur Dubai. There are six or maybe nine of us, coming from New Dubai, Sharjah, Satwa and Abu Dhabi. As we side eye our phones for the maghrib prayer to signal fast’s end, we’ll turn our attention to the photos on the walls and inventory the defunct currencies under the glass on each table. Someone will ask if the Sultani kebabs (Dh57) are still available and have been ordered, before someone else straggles in late, blaming non-existent traffic at the one time of day in the only month of the year when the roads are nearly always empty.