Sheikh Hamad has name constructed on UAE island, visible from space.
Jul 21st 2011, 7:17 pm
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Sheikh Hamad has name constructed on UAE island, visible from space.
“Hamad halted the project temporarily halfway through. There was a rumor that other royals weren't happy about the extravagant, high-profile project. For a while on Google Earth, we could just see 'HAM.'"
http://www.christianpost.com/news/bi...-island-52633/
From Google earth
In relation to Abu Dhabi
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_904635.html
The Sun reveals today in the news that Abu Dhabi ruler Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan had his staff carve ‘Hamad’ into the sand on the island of Al Futaisi, across the water from the city. The letters are one kilometre high and the name measures over three kilometres across, according to the paper.
The first two letters have been flooded with water so that the sheikh can presumably motor up them in one of his yachts for the ultimate egocentric experience.
The first two letters have been flooded with water so that the sheikh can presumably motor up them in one of his yachts for the ultimate egocentric experience.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/sheik...#ixzz1SljpRUlu
He has made the letters into waterways to make them more permanent.
Jul 21st 2011, 8:46 pm
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Re: Sheikh Hamad has name constructed on UAE island, visible from space.
How strange 
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Jul 21st 2011, 9:27 pm
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Shame they didn't go backwards. Would've said "MAD" at one point.
Jul 21st 2011, 9:45 pm
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Re: Sheikh Hamad has name constructed on UAE island, visible from space.
Now if he really wanted to impress, he should have spelt it with the Arabic script.
Jul 22nd 2011, 12:54 am
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Re: Sheikh Hamad has name constructed on UAE island, visible from space.
The other thing is it does appear upside down on maps due to it's orientation. I would be furious if I paid all that money for an ego trip and it spelled DVWVH 
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Jul 24th 2011, 7:43 am
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Re: Sheikh Hamad has name constructed on UAE island, visible from space.
I wonder what the poorer locals in RAK etc who are begging for better infrastructure would think about this...
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