Food

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Tabbuleh

Hello all you grade 9 geography students!  This week will be blogging about the food of the UAE.  Food is one of my favorite things, and so it makes sense that I will be blogging about it.  When I started reading and seeing pictures about the food they have there, my mouth started watering.  UAE doesn't really have it's own food, but  the type of food they eat is called "gulf food" Lebanon also eats this "gulf food" and other participants are other Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman and Qatar.  Some common foods here that originate from there are hummus (chick pea dip/spread) and Pitta bread (sometimes unleavened).  Some less common ones include Tabbuleh (salad with couscous, tomatoes, onion, parsley etc.), Moutabel (dip mad of aubergine or eggplatn),  Warak enab (stuffed vine leaves) and many others.  Anyway, I hope you now have a little bit of knowledge of gulf cuisine.  See you never again.

Sam

Hummus

Current Issues

Hello fellow Geography class bloggers!  This week I will be talking about some current issues of the UAE.  Most of the issues comprise of natural sources.  For example, acid rain is a big deal there.  It contains high levels of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide.  The acid is so powerful that it can destroy freshwater lakes and the fish inside them and kill many plants.  Also, as you might of picked up in past blogs, the oil industry is huge in the UAE.  There have been some small oil spills which have polluted some of the beaches.  If the people of the UAE want to make their country better, they need to be more environementaly aware.  Hope you enjoyed this week's edition of my blog.

Sma

Sports of the UAE

Dubai ice rink

Hello fellow pupils of the Grade 9 Geography class.  This week on my blog I will be blogging about the sports of the UAE.  As you should know, I really like sports, and I was quite interested in what sports are played in different countries.  Most of them are common sports, like soccer and golf, but there are some other ones that are not so common.  For example, you have heard of horse riding, right?  Well in the UAE, they have camel racing.  They also play cricket, which is played in Canada, but is not so common.  Another question.  The UAE is in the desert, right?  So you wouldn't expect any ice there, right?  Apparently not.  In the Dubai mall, there is an indoor olympic sized skating rink, which makes hockey possible.  I hope you have enjoyed this edition of Sam's Geo blog, and I hope you learned something and found it interesting.  Until next time,

Samhttp://guide.theemiratesnetwork.com/living/sports.php

Economy of the UAE

As you might of picked up in my past blogs,  the UAE is a very wealthy country largely due to its large oil reserve and its advances in technology.  The UAE began exporting its oil in 1962.  Before that, its economy was largely taken up by pearl production, fishing, and agriculture.  But since oil prices have been increasing steadily since 1973, petroleum has dominated its economy.  For currency, the UAE has money called the dirham.  1 dirham can also be divided into 100 fils.  1 UAE dirham is worth 0.272264 U.S. dollars.  Banknotes are issued in 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 dirhams.   Coins are issued in 25 and 50 fils, and also in 1 dirham.  Even though this is not the most interesting topic to blog on, I still hope you enjoyed it.  Goodbye!http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5444.htm#econ

History

Hello fellow bloggers!  This week I will be talking to you about the history of the UAE.  It was originaly formed by a group of Arabian Peninsula sheikhdoms who lived along the coast of the Persian gulf, which is where the UAE is located today.  The coast where it is located today, used to be called the pirate coast, because of all the foreign shipping from traders.  British troops tried to protect them, but could not.  Then, in 1820, a peace treaty was signed with the people who used the dock.  And, to make a long story short, they eventually began a relationship with the united kingdom, but the relationship stopped in 1955 because of a border matter which is still undisputed to this day.  Then, in 1968, they officially ended the treaty with the sheikdoms.  I know, it's not to interesting, but you got to do what you got to do.  Signing off,

Samhttp://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5444.htm

Tourist Attractions in the UAE

Hello fellow Geography bloggers!  This week I will be posting about the tourist attractions in my country, the UAE.  As you may of picked up earlier, my country is extremely rich from its oil reserves.  This makes it rich in tourist destinations.  The first I will be talking about is the Burj Khalifa.  The Burj Khalifa is currently the tallest freestanding building in the world.  It is 828m tall, and holds countless about its height and attractions.  Another odd thing located in the UAE is a place called Ski Dubai.  Dubai does have a ski hill.  And yes, it is located in a desert.  And the snow there is actualy real snow.  The way they make it is they put tiny water droplets into the air, and because of the lowered temperatures, it freezes and becomes snow.  There is so much information on it, so look it up if you want to learn more.  As you can see, UAE is a tremendously amazing place to visit and tour in, and maybe you would like to visit it sometime.  Signing off,

Sam
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Hello again!   This week on my blog I will be talking about the flag of my country, the UAE.  The flag of my country isn't really different from other flag, except for the colors. As you can see in the photo (I hope it works) on the left side standing vertically is a red stripe.  Right next to that are the horizontal stripes in the colors green white and black.  The red, green, white and black colors represent the Arab people and the Islamic faith.  I hope you now know much more about the flag of the UAE.  http://www.worldflags101.com/u/united-arab-emirates-flag.aspx