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The Trucial States (Arabic: الإمارات المتصالحة, romanized: Al-Imārāt al-Mutaṣāliḥa), also known as the Trucial Coast (Arabic: الساحل المتصالح, romanized: Al-Sāḥil al-Mutaṣāliḥ), the Trucial Sheikhdoms (Arabic: المشيخات المتصالحة, romanized: Al-Mashyakhāt al-Mutaṣāliḥa), Trucial Arabia or Trucial Oman, was a group of tribal ...
Victoria's Secret is an American lingerie, clothing, and beauty retailer. Founded in 1977 by Roy and Gaye Raymond, [ 6][ 7] the company's five lingerie stores were sold to Les Wexner in 1982. [ 8] Wexner rapidly expanded into American shopping malls, growing the company into 350 stores nationally with sales of $1 billion by the early 1990s ...
Sheikh Mohamed is the third son of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who was the first president of the UAE and the 16th ruler of Abu Dhabi. [6] [7] MBZ became the crown prince of Abu Dhabi in November 2004, following the death of his father and his brother, Sheikh Khalifa became the second president of the UAE and the ruler of Abu Dhabi. [8]
The flag of Abu Dhabi is a red flag with a white rectangle at the top-left corner. According to the 1820 General Maritime Treaty with the British, in times of war a full red flag would be used by the Bani Yas (Abu Dhabi and Dubai). [9] Although per the treaty, Abu Dhabi was supposed to fly the White Pierced Red Trucial States flag, in practice ...
Ghafoor is also a co-founder and board member of human rights group Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN). The Abu Dhabi Money Laundering Court convicted Ghafoor of committing crimes of tax evasion and money laundering, and also ordered him to pay a fine of more than $800,000 stemming from his in absentia conviction. But the critics and human ...
The three largest Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah), are home to nearly 85% of the population. [10] The 2022 population of the UAE stands at 9.4 million, [11] of which 69% of the population is male and 31% of the population is female. [12] [13] [14] The population density of the Emirates has reached a record 114 per km 2. [15]
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Arabic: جهاز أبوظبي للاستثمار, ADIA) is a sovereign wealth fund owned by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, founded to invest funds on behalf of the Government of Abu Dhabi. It manages the emirate's excess oil reserves and is estimated to manage $968 billion.
Karlie Kloss Net Worth: $16 Million. Karlie Kloss returned to the Victoria’s Secret runway in 2017 following a three-year break. The supermodel previously walked in the show from 2011 to 2014 ...