About Us

Welcome to Emirates247.com, the preferred online news website in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that provides you with first-rate news that you can use to improve your lifestyle and your professional and business capabilities.

Our aim is to become the preferred source of comprehensive, clear and concise information for our readers; to be the best value proposition for our advertisers; and most importantly, to be the voice that helps in improving the quality of life for the community we serve.

We provide exclusive and analytical coverage of what’s happening, anticipating events crucial to your life by leveraging our knowledge and resource base, covering the A-to-Z of life in the Emirates.

Emirates247.com evolved from the highly successful Emirates Today and Emirates Business24|7 newspapers, and our lineage provides us with a strong track record in both general lifestyle and business news coverage and dissemination.

Emirates247.com relays breaking news to you throughout the day, seven days a week. Regularly updated video coverage and image galleries also feature prominently online. This multi-dimensional approach to news coverage guarantees exclusive, in-depth and interactive news 24|7 as our name suggests.

Emirates247.com is a product of Dubai Media Inc and is produced 24|7 by a team of seasoned journalists, led by Riyad Mickdady, Editor-in-Chief.

Mohammed criminalises use of anabolic steroids for horse sports in UAE

I have always believed in the integrity of horse racing and all other horse sports: Mohammed
Hamdan bin Mohammed to help save little Fatima's life

Girl is suffering from atrophy and other diseases that threaten her life

Business

Galaxy S4 Active, Xperia Z, Optimus GJ… Waterproof gadgets make a splash

You can dunk these smartphones and tablets under water, muddy in sand and even use during a friendly water fight
Indian rupee hits 8 months low at 15.20 against UAE dirham

The US dollar strengthened against all major currencies yesterday
NBAD plans $350m convertible bond

Names Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Chase and itself to arrange the sale
MAF buys Carrefour stake for Dh2.5bn

Picks banks for hybrid bond sale
Mena power hit by poor funding

Projects involve huge investment of nearly $283 bn during 2014-2018
Dubai's 10 biggest villa deals

Seven were in Emirates Hills and three in Palm Jumeirah
Nissan Mideast sees slower sales

Regional head projects Nissan to sell 174,000 units in 2013

Videos

Argentinian honey production in danger

Many Argentinian apiculturists decide to leave the Pampas in a bid to maintain the production and the quality of their
Dancer stars in Chadian film at Cannes

Chadian director Mahamat Saleh Haroun presents 'Grigris', the only African film in the competition for the Palme d'Or.
Pakistan's Imran Khan leaves hospital after fall

Pakistani politician Imran Khan leaves hospital, two weeks after breaking bones in his back in a fall at an election
Korea takes the fashion world by stealth

[video]Backed by some of the country's biggest conglomerates, Korean fashion labels are racking up revenues and