tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716729218989774391.post1775538459247759003..comments2023-12-03T12:50:38.956+04:00Comments on Neil's time in Abu Dhabi: What's in a (street) name?Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868202381966585158noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716729218989774391.post-43658495293002955972013-12-01T10:38:01.599+04:002013-12-01T10:38:01.599+04:00Yes, some interesting observations ...and I guess ...Yes, some interesting observations ...and I guess they couldn't have Unconvincted Thug Street really now could they? :-) Neil Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17868202381966585158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716729218989774391.post-1809883992138277682013-12-01T09:55:20.430+04:002013-12-01T09:55:20.430+04:00Thanks for this. Introduction of street names in ...Thanks for this. Introduction of street names in Dubai also caused inevitable confusion - some have stuck, some have not and you still need the usual mix of co-ordinates, folk names and family histories to direct anybody anywhere.<br /><br />Meanwhile this list of AD street names is interesting for what it unintentionally reveals if you unpick them a little bit. Of course there is a street for Sheikha Fatima, Zayed's wife - but only Zayed's second and non-royal wife (though reputedly his favourite). She is the mother of the "bu Fatima", of course: MBZ, Abdullah, Mansour et al. What about Zayed's royal first wife and mother of the president? No prominent street for her?<br /><br />And Shaikh Shakhbut "stepped down" in favour of his brother? Like Mubarak and Morsi stepped down in Egypt I guess. Nothing mentioned about the eye-watering (ahem) manner in which he originally attained power unsurprisingly. And the timing of his departure was interesting also, no? Just a co-incidence that old Sultan Said in Oman, also an ardent opponent of any development, "stepped down" not long after. It being the eve of independence was neither here nor there and I'm sure the departing colonial power can have had no hand in either event...<br /><br />And no streets for poor old Shaikhs Issa and Falah...Rootlessnoreply@blogger.com