Youngsters drawn from all over the UAE have set out on a 10-day-long journey of the emirates called the Journey of the Union. The event has been organised and implemented by Al Bayt Mitwahid, an association that was formed earlier this year by employees of the Crown Prince Court.
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1. Al Ain Museum
It all begins with the Founder (November 21, 2014)
Spend a day at the museum (June 27, 2009)
2. Oasis
Al Ain oasis still watered by 200-year-old irrigation system(April 19,2011)
3. Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
In pictures: Fans flock to Man City-Al Ain friendly (May 16,2014)
Hazza bin Zayed Stadium a setting fit for Premier League kings (May 13, 2014)
7. Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding / Bastakiya
Guidebook with a difference shines a light on hidden Dubai (June 26, 2014)
David Paskett's sketchbook of memories of Dubai (June 10, 2014)
Al Bastakiya, Dubai: a quiet and charming hideaway (December 2, 2010)
14 Manarat Al Saadiyat / Guggenheim
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will change cultural landscape of region and world, museum bosses predict (November 2, 2014)
An exclusive tour of the Seeing Through Light exhibition at Manarat Al Saadiyat (October 27, 2014)
19 Sheikh Zayed Mosque
The blossoming talent behind the floral mosaics of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque (November 13, 2014)
From simplicity to grandeur: the building of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque (August 10, 2014)
Google turns guide with the inside track on Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque's finest points (November 30, 2013)
22 Islamic Museum, Sharjah
Islam's historic treasures on display in Sharjah (March 30, 2014)
Sharjah museum keeps history and a souq legend alive (May 21, 2011)
26 Al Hamra Island
My kind of place: The living heritage of Ras Al Khaimah (September 19, 2013)
Dream of restoring lost jewel of Jazirat al Hamra (October 9, 2010)
Last pearl of history in danger (December 7, 2008)
27 Ed-dour archelogical sites
Slowly solving riddles of the UAE's ancient ed-Dur (October 2, 2012)
Was ed-Dur ruled by a woman? (October 2, 2012)
In UAQ Old Town, past and present collide (August 28, 2012)
29 Marbat Ajman (stud farm) and/or dhow wharfage
Dhow building: old ways pressured by modernity (February 27, 2010)
30 Ajman Museum
Founding father of Ajman: portrait of a ruler with a common touch (March 10, 2013)
Traditional medicine in danger of slipping away (July 8, 2010)
31 Fujairah Museum, Village and Fort
UAE forts: Bastions that guard our history (March 25, 2013)
Progress threatens rare UAE rock drawings (January 15, 2011)
Fujairah unveils tribute to RAF man (January 28, 2010)
32 Bidya Mosque
Video: The Imam of Al Bidya mosque (March 9, 2014)
Humility and marvel at Fujairah's Al Bidya Mosque (March 8, 2014)
Inside the UAE's oldest and most eccentric mosque (August 17, 2012)
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Timeline
2012-2015
The company offers payments/bribes to win key contracts in the Middle East
May 2017
The UK SFO officially opens investigation into Petrofac’s use of agents, corruption, and potential bribery to secure contracts
September 2021
Petrofac pleads guilty to seven counts of failing to prevent bribery under the UK Bribery Act
October 2021
Court fines Petrofac £77 million for bribery. Former executive receives a two-year suspended sentence
December 2024
Petrofac enters into comprehensive restructuring to strengthen the financial position of the group
May 2025
The High Court of England and Wales approves the company’s restructuring plan
July 2025
The Court of Appeal issues a judgment challenging parts of the restructuring plan
August 2025
Petrofac issues a business update to execute the restructuring and confirms it will appeal the Court of Appeal decision
October 2025
Petrofac loses a major TenneT offshore wind contract worth €13 billion. Holding company files for administration in the UK. Petrofac delisted from the London Stock Exchange
November 2025
180 Petrofac employees laid off in the UAE
The burning issue
The internal combustion engine is facing a watershed moment – major manufacturer Volvo is to stop producing petroleum-powered vehicles by 2021 and countries in Europe, including the UK, have vowed to ban their sale before 2040. The National takes a look at the story of one of the most successful technologies of the last 100 years and how it has impacted life in the UAE.
Read part four: an affection for classic cars lives on
Read part three: the age of the electric vehicle begins
Read part one: how cars came to the UAE
Terror attacks in Paris, November 13, 2015
- At 9.16pm, three suicide attackers killed one person outside the Atade de France during a foootball match between France and Germany
- At 9.25pm, three attackers opened fire on restaurants and cafes over 20 minutes, killing 39 people
- Shortly after 9.40pm, three other attackers launched a three-hour raid on the Bataclan, in which 1,500 people had gathered to watch a rock concert. In total, 90 people were killed
- Salah Abdeslam, the only survivor of the terrorists, did not directly participate in the attacks, thought to be due to a technical glitch in his suicide vest
- He fled to Belgium and was involved in attacks on Brussels in March 2016. He is serving a life sentence in France
Sole survivors
- Cecelia Crocker was on board Northwest Airlines Flight 255 in 1987 when it crashed in Detroit, killing 154 people, including her parents and brother. The plane had hit a light pole on take off
- George Lamson Jr, from Minnesota, was on a Galaxy Airlines flight that crashed in Reno in 1985, killing 68 people. His entire seat was launched out of the plane
- Bahia Bakari, then 12, survived when a Yemenia Airways flight crashed near the Comoros in 2009, killing 152. She was found clinging to wreckage after floating in the ocean for 13 hours.
- Jim Polehinke was the co-pilot and sole survivor of a 2006 Comair flight that crashed in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49.
