Every week, Felicity Campbell rounds up the best of the UAE’s tweets. This week: a tweet up, Facebook eyeshadow, a time machine for sale and rain in July.
Around the Emirates:
For one night only! Well we are sure it will happen again but tonight there is a meeting. Let us know how it goes. @TweetUpDxb: "DJ Stickyfingers will be hitting the decks on the 17th. RSVP or u'll be missing out http://t.co/QCZIiQe."
Can you give us the details of where to send our money @kaljenaibi? "There are so many scams on the Internet now.............Send me 1000 Dhs right now and I will tell you how to avoid them!"
Hear hear @asafitch: "Tired of people who are well-known for their well-knownness. I hereby demand that my celebrities be good at something."
Promotions:
We looked at this and thought: "Whatever next?" But actually, the colours are pretty lush. @hudabeauty: "Yes this is Real! YSL's Facebook Eyeshadow Quad! Actually Really Beautiful! http://t.co/DeVe8TBI."
Oh wow, this looks absolutely amazing. @Sugaholic: "Early morning goodness! Our super special Date Cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream and Butterscotch <3 Introduced... http://t.co/fBBXlmU5."
Answer our "Do you know" quiz for your chance to win an iPad2. @TheNationalUAE: "Want to win an iPad2? Try your hand at our quick Do You Know... quiz http://t.co/vzcBHiQF."
Debenhams summer sale! @MallofEmirates: "Head over to the #Debenhams store today & receive 75% off on selected lines. Hurry! https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23RT."
News:
@TheNationalUAE: "How 'mass hysteria' broke out at #UAE labour camp sending more than a dozen to hospital http://t.co/wcfMRu3A."
@TheNationalUAE: "Mum wants to meet #Dubai car park killer who took daughter's life http://t.co/fuhUWGQH."
@TheNationalUAE: "Can you beat the summer airfare price hike? Take some tips from the experts in the UAE http://t.co/mOiSR6YP."
Trends:
It rained in Dubai this week. Unusual for July, it had UAE folks tweeting up a storm. Here’s a few of them:
@Gervais: "Raining in #DIFC, can't believe it!"
@LaraDemirjian: "..and more beautiful rain in #dubai pic.twitter.com/fbFJ."
@ClaudiaCurici: "Earthquaqe in Cairo, strange weather in Dubai, poisonous snakes in the lakes... something wrong?"
@Meho_M: "Remember that time it rained in Dubai and people didn't freak out?? ... Yeah neither do I!"
This article about a time machine for sale on @dubizzle got dubizzle trending! A funny read. @TheNationalUAE: "'For sale: one time machine, slightly broken, says Dubizzle ad http://t.co/CC5Ky08i."
Can you help us?
This week we are looking for pictures of celebrity endorsements where you just know there is no way that particular celebrity agreed to pose. For example, Brad Pitt on the window of Harakat Special Men's grooming Saloon. We're planning a funny feature so keep your phones handy, snap a pic and tweet us with the location to @LifeNationalUaE or email us at artslife@thenational.ae
The specs
Engine: 3.0-litre 6-cyl turbo
Power: 374hp at 5,500-6,500rpm
Torque: 500Nm from 1,900-5,000rpm
Transmission: 8-speed auto
Fuel consumption: 8.5L/100km
Price: from Dh285,000
On sale: from January 2022
It's up to you to go green
Nils El Accad, chief executive and owner of Organic Foods and Café, says going green is about “lifestyle and attitude” rather than a “money change”; people need to plan ahead to fill water bottles in advance and take their own bags to the supermarket, he says.
“People always want someone else to do the work; it doesn’t work like that,” he adds. “The first step: you have to consciously make that decision and change.”
When he gets a takeaway, says Mr El Accad, he takes his own glass jars instead of accepting disposable aluminium containers, paper napkins and plastic tubs, cutlery and bags from restaurants.
He also plants his own crops and herbs at home and at the Sheikh Zayed store, from basil and rosemary to beans, squashes and papayas. “If you’re going to water anything, better it be tomatoes and cucumbers, something edible, than grass,” he says.
“All this throwaway plastic - cups, bottles, forks - has to go first,” says Mr El Accad, who has banned all disposable straws, whether plastic or even paper, from the café chain.
One of the latest changes he has implemented at his stores is to offer refills of liquid laundry detergent, to save plastic. The two brands Organic Foods stocks, Organic Larder and Sonnett, are both “triple-certified - you could eat the product”.
The Organic Larder detergent will soon be delivered in 200-litre metal oil drums before being decanted into 20-litre containers in-store.
Customers can refill their bottles at least 30 times before they start to degrade, he says. Organic Larder costs Dh35.75 for one litre and Dh62 for 2.75 litres and refills will cost 15 to 20 per cent less, Mr El Accad says.
But while there are savings to be had, going green tends to come with upfront costs and extra work and planning. Are we ready to refill bottles rather than throw them away? “You have to change,” says Mr El Accad. “I can only make it available.”
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Key findings of Jenkins report
- Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al Banna, "accepted the political utility of violence"
- Views of key Muslim Brotherhood ideologue, Sayyid Qutb, have “consistently been understood” as permitting “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” and “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
- Muslim Brotherhood at all levels has repeatedly defended Hamas attacks against Israel, including the use of suicide bombers and the killing of civilians.
- Laying out the report in the House of Commons, David Cameron told MPs: "The main findings of the review support the conclusion that membership of, association with, or influence by the Muslim Brotherhood should be considered as a possible indicator of extremism."
