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Dubai Courts shows only cases that have been registered in a court. A police report or a prosecution file will not appear there, because each stage of a case has its own authority, its own portal and its own reference number. For a registered case, the Dubai Courts portal and the Dubai Courts Smart App…
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The ROX 01 starts at AED 250,000 in the UAE, with most new cars listed between AED 257,000 and AED 265,000. The ROX Adamas costs AED 280,000 to 350,000, depending on whether you take the Couch 7-seater, the First Class 6-seater or the Royal Edition. Both are range-extended electric SUVs from the Chinese maker ROX…
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The Dubai Metro runs two lines on its current map: the Red Line with 35 stations and the Green Line with 20. Union and BurJuman sit on both lines, so the network has 53 separate stations. Sponsor names now replace many of the original district names, so the tables below show each current name next…
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The Al Aweer Immigration Office is the GDRFA Dubai centre for residency violators. It is where you settle overstay problems, ask for a fine waiver or reduction, or collect an exit permit. Routine visa stamping and renewals are handled elsewhere, through Amer centres and the GDRFA website and app. The centre is open every day,…
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To check a FEWA bill, open the Etihad WE website, go to Services, choose View & Pay and enter your account number. The amount due appears without a login, and you can pay on the same screen. FEWA is now Etihad Water & Electricity (Etihad WE), and the old name still gets typed into search…
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The Jaecoo J7 costs AED 82,900 for the Comfort, AED 97,900 for the Luxury, AED 102,900 for the Flagship AWD and AED 111,900 for the SHS plug-in hybrid. That is an AED 29,000 spread, but the steps are uneven: Luxury to Flagship is only AED 5,000. All three petrol trims share the same 1.6-litre turbo…
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A new 2026 Toyota Corolla costs AED 76,900 to AED 89,900 in the UAE, depending on the engine. The 1.6L XLI is the entry price and the 1.8L hybrid is the top of the range. Used Corollas start around AED 31,000 for 2017 to 2019 cars. Al-Futtaim Toyota is the official distributor, so the new-car…
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A new MINI Cooper starts at AED 133,000 at Arabian Gulf Mechanical Centre (AGMC), the MINI importer for Dubai, Sharjah and the Northern Emirates. A used 2017 to 2019 Cooper costs AED 30,000 to 60,000, and nearly new 2025 and 2026 cars list between AED 112,000 and 179,000. The price comes down to model year,…
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Walking around the Khorfakkan amphitheater and waterfall costs nothing, and the waterfall runs Tuesday to Sunday, 10 AM to 8 PM. The one charge most visitors meet is parking, which is paid every day from 8 AM to midnight along the corniche. Both stand on Khorfakkan’s waterfront in the Emirate of Sharjah, facing the bay.…
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OneClickDrive.com doesn’t own any cars. It lists rentals from more than 100 Dubai rental companies and sends you straight to the supplier, so the deposit, mileage cap and insurance terms you get are the supplier’s own. A small economy car starts around AED 40 a day, seasonal listings go down to AED 30, and monthly…
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You can walk into Al Suhub Rest House for free. The car park is where the cost sits: AED 10 an hour on weekdays, AED 20 an hour on weekends and public holidays, with two hours free when you spend AED 50 or more at Fen Café & Restaurant. The building, also called Cloud Lounge,…
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UAE residents of any nationality can apply online for a Saudi eVisa, a multiple-entry visa valid for one year that allows stays of up to 90 days per visit. You apply on Saudi Arabia’s unified visa platform with your passport, a photo and your UAE residence permit, and the approved visa arrives by email. Two…
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The Dubai Metro runs from 5 AM to midnight on Monday to Thursday and on Saturday, from 5 AM to 1 AM on Friday, and from 8 AM to midnight on Sunday. The Red Line and the Green Line keep the same hours. Midnight is when the last trains finish their runs, not when the…
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Dubai has no separate phone line for its Labour Court. The Dubai Courts call centre answers every enquiry, labour included, on +971 4 334 7777, and the same number takes WhatsApp messages. Most people searching for this need a different number first. Labour disputes in Dubai start with the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation…
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Silver and Gold tickets stop selling at 1:30 PM, and the last vehicle tour leaves at 2 PM. A visit that starts after lunch therefore only works on a Bronze walking ticket, and that one cutoff shapes most of the planning. Sharjah Safari opened in February 2022 and spreads 12 African-style environments across 8 square…
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Wednesday 4 November 2026 opens the 45th Sharjah International Book Fair, a 12-day run at Expo Centre Sharjah that closes on Sunday 15 November. Entry is free, and Oman is the guest of honour, with its own programme of writers, thinkers and artists. The fair began in 1982 under Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al…
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Shees Park charges AED 5 a person and opens daily from 8 AM to 10 PM. It sits in the Hajar Mountains above Shees village, about 70 km down Khorfakkan Road from the Emirates Road exit. Cars stay outside, so the visit starts on foot. Sharjah Municipality opened the park on 15 October 2020 after…
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The cinema at Dubai Hills Mall is a 15-screen Roxy multiplex on the first floor, and its headline act is Roxy Xtreme, a screen measuring 28 m by 15.1 m. Tickets cost AED 55 in Silver, AED 182 in Platinum and start at AED 61 on Xtreme. The small details decide how the evening goes:…
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Searches for “get your guide Dubai” lead to a marketplace, not a tour operator. When you book a desert safari or a Burj Khalifa ticket there, the contract is with the local supplier, and GetYourGuide collects the payment on that supplier’s behalf. That one detail explains how refunds, deadlines and exclusions work. Among the headline…
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Entry to the Hanging Gardens in Kalba costs AED 5 per person, and the park is open from 6:00 AM to midnight every day. Parking costs more than the ticket, at AED 10 an hour. The gardens opened on 8 March 2024, when the Ruler of Sharjah, Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, inaugurated…
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Only one of Mleiha’s two heritage claims is a UNESCO World Heritage listing. The Faya Palaeolandscape around Jebel Faya was inscribed on 11 July 2025, the first desert Palaeolithic site on the list. Mleiha’s Iron Age settlement next to it was submitted to UNESCO’s Tentative List on 1 February 2023 and is not yet inscribed.…
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Dubai doesn’t have a zip code, and neither does any other part of the UAE. When a checkout or sign-up form won’t move forward without one, type 00000. Mail in the UAE runs on P.O. Boxes rented from Emirates Post, while couriers find a door through the mobile number and building details on the label.…
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Plan Sharjah around Friday. The emirate’s government works Monday to Thursday and rests Friday to Sunday, and the major museums open only from 4 pm on Fridays. Once the opening hours are right, the old coral-stone quarter, the museums and the Khalid Lagoon waterfront fit into one long day. Sharjah city is the capital of…
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Until the Khorfakkan Road reached it, Shees could only be reached by a track that climbed a seasonal wadi from the east coast, passing through the Omani exclave of Madha on the way. Today it is a paved drive of about 70 km along Khorfakkan Road from the Emirates Road exit, roughly 90 minutes from…
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The Eye of the Emirates no longer stands at Al Qasba. The 60-metre wheel left the canal for Al Montazah Parks in 2018, after 13 years as Sharjah’s best-known skyline marker. What remains is a kilometre-long canal in the Al Majaz area, with cafés and restaurants on both banks, pedestrian bridges, boat rides and a…