GENERAL

• BBC News Country Profile – United Arab Emirates
  Profile includes general overview, basic facts, political leaders and major media organizations.
• CIA World Factbook – United Arab Emirates
  Authoritative country profile based on data collected by the Central Intelligence Agency.
• Google Map of the United Arab Emirates
• The New York Times – United Arab Emirates Reference Page
  Includes breaking news and archival articles published in The New York Times.

ARCHITECTURE

• BBC News: Snow Comes to the Deserts of Dubai
  The Gulf Emirate of Dubai hosts the largest indoor snow park in the world.
• The New York Times – The Louvre’s Art: Priceless. The Louvre’s Name: Expensive.
  Explains why Abu Dhabi is paying a multi-million dollar fee to license the name of the prestigious French museum.
• Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)
  Leading international partnership practicing contemporary architecture, urbanism, and cultural analysis. Rem Koolhaas is one of the firm’s main partners.
• Palm Islands Project
  Official website of the signature architecture project involving the construction of artificial islands.
• Snøhetta
  Norwegian architecture firm featured in “The Sand Castle.” Offical website features descriptions and pictures of its many projects around the world.

DUBAI

• BBC News: Dubai Ruler in Vast Charity Gift for Educational Foundation
  The ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, has donated $10 billion dollars to set up an educational foundation in the Middle East.
• The Dubai Initiative at Harvard University
  The primary objective of the Initiative is to bridge the expertise and resources of the John F. Kennedy School of Government/Harvard University with the Dubai School of Government and enable the exchange of students, scholars, knowledge and resources between the two institutions.
• Middle East Report: Dubai in a Jagged World
  Established in 1971, the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Washington, DC., providing information and analysis on the Middle East.
• National Geographic – “Sudden City” by Afshin Molavi
  Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum has led the transformation of his realm from a drowsy fishing village to a tax-free business haven and world capital of glittering excess.
• The New York Times: Fearful of Restive Foreign Labor, Dubai Eyes Reforms
  Examines the government’s response to growing labor unrest.

HUMAN RIGHTS

• Human Rights Watch: Building Towers, Cheating Workers
  Exploitation of migrant construction workers in the United Arab Emirates.
• Human Rights Watch: United Arab Emirates
  Non-governmental organization investigates and exposes human rights violations around the world.
• Human Rights Watch: World Report 2007, United Arab Emirates
  While the economy of the UAE continues its impressive growth, human rights progress has been slow.