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The Palm Jumeirah, Jebel Ali and Deira

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Highway sign for The Palm Jumeirah
Highway sign for The Palm Jumeirah		 The Palm Jumeirah
The Palm Jumeirah		 The Palm Jebel Ali
The Palm Jebel Ali		 Palm Jebel Ali, Jan 2005
Palm Jebel Ali, Jan 2005
Palm Jebel Ali Oct 2005
Palm Jebel Ali Oct 2005		 Palm Jumeirah and Palm Jebel Ali in the distance
Palm Jumeirah and Palm Jebel Ali in the distance		 Palm Jumeirah and Jebel Ali Oct 05
Palm Jumeirah and Jebel Ali Oct 05		 Palm Jumeirah and the Burj al Arab, Dubai
Palm Jumeirah and the Burj al Arab, Dubai
The Palm Island Jumeirah land creation is complete
The Palm Island Jumeirah land creation is complete		 Palm Jumeirah, Jan 2005
Palm Jumeirah, Jan 2005		 Palm Jumeirah Oct 05
Palm Jumeirah Oct 05		 Palm Jumeirah Oct 05
Palm Jumeirah Oct 05
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Fahad Shafqat 19-Jul-2010 09:50
The Palm Jebel Ali Is Very big and Butiful Project in the World I like it.its my desire to start my business there.
bhatti 08-Apr-2010 06:54
exellent its my desire to work there
bhatti 08-Apr-2010 06:54
exellent its my desire to work there
GILBERT 15-Feb-2009 07:13
GREAT JOB EVERYBODY AS A CARPENTER MYSELF I SOLUTE ALL OF THOSE BEING PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS WONDER OF THE WORLD I WISH HAD A CHANCE TO BE PART OF IT AS WELL.
GILBERT 15-Feb-2009 07:08
THE BEST CONTRUCTION SITE I HAVE EVER SEEN I WORKED ON THE CITY CENTER IN LAS VEGAS NEVADA OFCOURSE THIS IS MUCH BETTER
golu 26-Jan-2009 15:40
PERFECT JOB I M EAGER TO SEE THIS WONDER FROM MY EYES BUT I HAVE TO WAIT. BUT KEEP IT UP
golu 26-Jan-2009 15:36
hi its really good job u guys had done i saw this in discovery and then view it on net its too big dream what can i say i m also coming to dubai after csome years and eager to be a part of this type of project. hats of to you all.buy i want to talk to the eng.working behind this dream city, can i.I M DOING BTEC plez reply if possible send ur no at my id plez sir
Joan Thompson 25-Nov-2008 01:26
Thanks for the gallery - I saw the Palm when visiting Dubai in 2005 - nice to see how these projects have progressed.
VB 12-Aug-2008 06:25
Can anyone tell me the approximate circumference of the palm Jumeirah?
saher khamaisi 08-Jul-2008 15:31
slam,relly its an amazing contry.i`m anarchitect from nazareth and i wish to design aprojet one day there.
ASHVIN 06-Jul-2008 14:01
hello!!!

i gotta say that wow!!! u r too good, u inhabitants of dubai. its really wonderful what u've constructed, its z best thing i've neva seen(man-made) on this planet....
i salute all the architects and workres who worked and are still working on this project......

long live DUBAI!!1
Romeo Y. Cruz 10-Jun-2008 22:56
Sobresaliente
Subarashi
Magniico
Excellent
Magaling kamukha ko
Murray 28-Apr-2008 20:17
This is equivalent to the 8th wonder of the world, truly fabulous. Congratulations to the designers, engineers and finanziers who made it a reality. The design is stunning and quite practical after studing the pictures. It doesn't surprise me that I've heard 2 more are planned. My question: is there that much demand for real estate that 2 more can be afforded?
Ron 05-Apr-2008 00:58
This is for Sam .... your fears about coral reefs are unfounded. The architects and designers of the Palm have gone to great lengths to encourage coral growth and other forms of marine life. As a result, the eco-system has actually benefited from the Palms. Ask anybody who has dived there recently. Next time, please check your facts before ranting. And, go easy on the irony. It doesn't say much about you.
chris 05-Mar-2008 08:51
Masya Allah (did I spell right?) This is great!
Sam 26-Nov-2007 01:29
All right yeah way to go lets just destroy the ecosystem EVEN faster guys. who needs coral reefs anyways. I mean they only help us with food ,shelter, and medicine and other resources but no no you go right ahead and take that step to destroy it. It obviously must be necessary if your willing to spend this much time and money on it and your willing to destroy the beautiful and natural things in life that are already getting destroyed. What IS this world really coming to these days. Cool, an island shaped like a palm tree, couldnt you just go play with some legos or something?
ryan p manchester 06-Oct-2007 16:50
wow this is absolutley amazing looks brilliant if i had the money id be over there to try and help with it for the hole experiance of it, something to tell the kids, its definately the best thing of all our life time MAN MADE LAND!!! awesome
Ziad 03-Oct-2007 08:48
Wonderful, increasable, miracle, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW, Keep going on.
Chris Smith 30-Aug-2007 22:58
This whole project is ecologically horrendous. It is like the worst projects of modernism from the 20th century. It seems no account of the ecosystem have been taken in to account to make ultra expensive houses for the very wealthy. It is surprising how many comments from people find this so beautiful but forget that coral reefs and more have been degraded and destroyed in this process of making islands. It reminds me of the Soviet Unions attempts to re-organise nature, this time for 'pleasure' - but made by the same kind of dictatorial regime. There are many documentations of horrendous conditions for the imported workers too on these sites which are too easily ignored.
Guest 26-Aug-2007 15:04
Remember the fable of Atlantis...
MARIA TERESA P. TEVES 24-Aug-2007 08:47
I am very much awed of what I saw on TV (Discovery channel) last night. I search at the web, and ohh, it's really beautiful. It's really a work of art and kudos to the people who have brilliant minds. Building a city in the middle of the sea. I can't wait seeing it with my own eyes. CONGRATULATIONS DUBAI.
steven stone 16-Aug-2007 22:21
i have a shoreline apartment on the palm and have not recieved a compeltion statement or of any word of when i will get it it seems that many if not all have been released can anyone give me any advise on weather they have all been released or are some still not finished
Guest 15-Jul-2007 09:43
It is probably just me, but the houses on the palm Jumeirah look far too cramped, there looks like there's no space for vegitation. it doesn't quite look like the paradise it initially was intended to be. Amazing from the air, but perhaps not quite as much from the ground....
Arch. Mazhar 12-Jul-2007 11:29
Astonishing!
In a short span of time developing a desert, indeed a barren one, is not less than a miracle. I was amazed as i visited Dubai after an year here from my institute at Abbott Abad, Pakistan. This work is a master one of the Muslim World.
Ajman 17-Jun-2007 11:23
It's really a great work they are doing in Dubai. It changed the idea about us "arab" in the west world. really, befour Dubai name came out, they thought we are living in tents and riding camels. I live in germany since 5 years & when i visited germany in 1997, the people used to ask me from where i came & when i said Dubai, first no one knew where the hell is Dubai & nearly all asked me if i ride a camel to the school. So after i came in 2002 again, i felt the big change in there mintality. Evryone knows that i'm coming from UAE, telling me what the hell you are doing here, you should back & find for us a job there. So what i want to say as arabic man: thank you Dubai!!
jaschaoakes 25-Apr-2007 01:02
These are certainly amazing and unprecedented. When it comes down to the specific urban, architectural, environmenal and social elements they are of little value. When one considers the kind of places that are projected in the region and the current state of an emerging energy crisis, these kind of developments are untenable and irresposible. I would say these are the last of such ideas....
Apostolos Tikopoulos 19-Apr-2007 17:42
I was there ten days ago. I couldn t beleive what I was seeing with my eyes. It s incredible what these people can do.
MAUREEN BACON 11-Apr-2007 17:45
I AM IN AWE. SAW THE PROGRAM ON TV AND CANNOT GET IT OUT OF MY MIND. MUCH PRAISE IS DUE TO THE PEOPLE INVOLVED FROM THE PLANNING TO THE EXCECUTION. HOW AMAZING THE MIND OF MAN.
Guest 13-Jan-2007 19:21
to shujath.
it is not allah, but it is an human idea.

guest from POLAND
shujath 13-Jan-2007 13:33
MASHA ALLAH.....it is an idea given by the ALMIGHTY ALLAH in minds of those guys, who tried hard to tkae up that marvellous, wonderful concept of creating & building of such mega mega....islands which are totally an artificial thing.
but i'm very much surprise, when i heard abt the nominations of new wonder of the world b'coz why those people not included or nominated the name of this extravaganzas and mega creatures made by human being...these should be nominated & must b awarded wonder of the world no.1.
the point is that y not nakheel and group try there endeavours to be nominate the palm jumeriah and the world in wonders?
fbgdhnj 19-Dec-2006 12:29
these are butiful and they should carry on+
Khaleejy 10-Dec-2006 16:43
Yes Siraj. The Indians are the workers. :) Thanx for pointing out the obvious...
Mike 11-Nov-2006 07:19
This is a truly awesome thing to imagine, and at the same time a bit scary. If I was walking down the beach there, I would be looking over my shoulder all the time, making sure the beach behind me wasn't disappearing into the ocean. Give me a mountain top!
manuelroa69 09-Nov-2006 22:40
Como solucion espacial para el crecimiento de la ciudad me parece una opcion excelente, como elemento funcional permite recorridos alrededor de todo el proyecto, realmente es un diseno de ingenieria y una solucion urbana excelente desde mi punto de vista.
siraj 30-Oct-2006 16:55
this is the wonder sponsored by arab but everything done by us(indians).........
camelia nichita 25-Oct-2006 17:56
this is a dream for me,but i am glad to see Dubai on photos.All the bests!
The Third Side 18-Sep-2006 00:50
Finally, a creative use has been developed for sand.
And if they market this just right, the world can soon become dependent upon Middle East Sand. :-O
vicky 15-Sep-2006 02:19
how do i get a job on one of your awesome islands, iwould like to work in a hotel
Sam 13-Sep-2006 04:20
These islands are metaphors for our own existence. rising above and defying the pressures nature attempts to place upon us. Ultimately like ourselves nothing is to last forever. But to be remembered for what it achieved. Wonders of the world have fallen in the past yet the legend of them lives on to this day. Just as the memory of great historical figures. If i had the means and know how i too would try and leave some kind of lasting impression on the world. Credit to the crown prince and all involved
yb 26-Aug-2006 15:30
awesome pics.
Nomi 24-Aug-2006 11:01
The imaginations vil come true by developing this island!
Noman Iqbal 24-Aug-2006 10:41
Its really a miracle! We can have a close touch to nature in sea.
It will really be helpful in opening the ways of employment for LDCs.
niranjan.s 21-Aug-2006 10:10
really excellent,we can say as eighth wonders of the world.
Miartisme 16-Aug-2006 16:15
Wow...I just stared at the pictures in amazement. I am an artist and find the whole concept very intriguing. Very beautiful. Met a guy from this country a couple weeks ago vacationing here in Naples, Florida....that is why I searched and found these photos....again, beautiful.
Ron 16-Aug-2006 14:08
World wondsers are the possessions of the rich. Pity that they can't bild it by there own hands ...not the Dutch's. But still these are the greatest islands ever.
Janet 10-Aug-2006 05:09
Absolutely astounding. Beautiful. This is what mankind is meant to do - live well, prosper and create wonderful things.
svetla 08-Aug-2006 13:15
i think all those projects are just incredible,it shows the world what the man is cable of,it is absolutly stunning,the only rediculous thing is that few hundred miles away in lebanon people are dying from bomb blasts,war and terror...just think about that for a second,what kind of world we are living in...and for how long????!!!???
swetha 07-Aug-2006 21:13
we r going to give a presentation on the EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD n these r relly helpful
to us
UAE 04-Aug-2006 22:54
First of all, I don’t think that UAE government should improve the living standard of south Asia people . I think their governments have to do that … instead of developing nuclear weapons there.. in fact those people have better life in UAE than the life in their homeland.. also the UAE government is doing good job by providing jobs to unskilled and un educated people, and u guys plezzzzzz don’t interfere in UAE business only the local have the right to do that……
Bewildered 30-Jul-2006 16:06
I am astonished at some people’s negativity. Its fine to have a healthy dose of skepticism and criticism, but it needs to be based in reality and not on skewed, biased perceptions. It is apparent that many of you don't possess the slightest understanding concerning engineering, economics, and the environment. Point 1. Yes nature will reclaim the island. One way or the other all things eventually return to dust. The question is when. According calculated engineered risk, the island will hold long enough for the investors to collect their large sums of money and for huge amounts of people to enjoy island. If you believe that is such a horrible scenario then I pity you.
This brings us to point 2, "the rich get richer/poor get poorer." What a crock. If this were true then there would not be the increasing middle class growth in the States, Canada, Europe, India, China, and don't forget Dubai. Hate to burst anyone’s bubble, but the creation of a middle class is the direct result of the rich getting richer and you can’t tell me there’s not a burgeoning middle class in Dubai. Let them get rich if it means I can have a decent standard of living. As to the exploitation of the Indians, would you rather make nothing in the poorest areas of India, or make something in Dubai? I'm not saying its right in fact its wrong, but isn't something better than nothing? Last point, the environment. There are several environmental groups that are involved with this project. Currently the local ecology around the Palm has not decreased, but is thriving. According to the National Geographic (the worlds largest group of environmentalists), the island is actually attracting several new species and offering protection along the outer wall. Okay, I feel better getting all that of my chest. Have a nice day and I love the photos.
Weno 23-Jul-2006 08:57
This is indeed a really wonderful and extraordinary project. Problem with this is that is makes the rich even richer on the back of the poor. I saw on tv that indian workers are recruted in india, they are told they are going to make lots of money in dubai, but in fact,as soon as they arrive they're passports are taken off them, they get underpaid and they don't even know when they can leave dubai. These houses will be sold for millions, while the workers are exploited ... this is as unacceptable as the sex trade where women are victims, only here it are indian construction workers.
Guest 23-Jul-2006 02:41
I just finished watching the making of the first palm for the THIRD time! I also got my boyfriend to watch it. I think that this is amazing. I would love to be able to see this some day. I know that I will never be able to so I am glad to see it on TV

Cindy
Himanshu 21-Jul-2006 12:11
Hi, This is All Amazing, Wonderful and have a great beauty in itself. Really an Idea, needs too much effort and creativity. I read that some have doubt, what happen if something bad(Tsunami or EarthQuake) happen. But if Man sacred of this all time, this world have never senn the picture it has in present. nothing will created. So lets pray that these will remain as long as possible.
Sam 17-Jul-2006 16:18
Isn't anyone a little skeptic about foreign ownership in an islam region. If one nation gets annoyed nearby you will see easy targets. I really dig the idea and ingenuity of it all but i think it's a rich mans sand castle which evently will be washed away. You're all doomed ...Run to the hills...and another thing, if your so great at transforming areas -why don't you reclaim the desert in a major way.
Guest 07-Jul-2006 20:42
ruhul ameen, dear boy the arabs may have all the money , but the real story behind such a great undertaking are the western architects and mostly the underpaid labour force prevalent in the uae.
Get your facts right buddy....
ryan
Scott 26-Jun-2006 04:00
WOW. What an amazing project. What an amazing country. I fully get why Dubai is developing at the amazing rate it is and you should be congratulated. I hope desperately to be able to visit your amazing country and to experience first hand the enormity of all of the development going on. Once again congratulations!!
Edward Stanley 19-Jun-2006 09:35
LAME!
darren 16-Jun-2006 10:05
just imagine what could be done to feed the world with the money wasted on stupid islands that hurt all the marine life around them
Wapiti 13-Jun-2006 04:38
Incredible in every sense!! Wonder which one Bin Laden lives in? I guess we need to look for the one that has a camel parked out front. I've spent many years in this part of the world; why anyone would waste $$$ on building this in a filthy desert is beyond me. Oh yea, I forgot...it's a western city...right.
Farah 30-May-2006 08:40
If men were to be affraid of nature's strength all the time, the seven wonders of the world would have never been built. There would have never been any pyramids, or the hanging garden, or the great temples of Greece and Rome. Hell, there would have never been a WTC!!! Why are you all so skeptic? Or do I sense a hint of jealousy that America or Britain are not the ones coming up with such ideas?
Candice 16-May-2006 07:10
wow, and we wonder why there were tsunamis and such, pumping in ALLLLL this sand has got to be effecting the environment in ways we can't imagine.
who would want to live on a beach, over looking another beach. Plus after 20 years, your investment (these houses are going for millions) sinks, literally.
Andre 04-May-2006 11:13
Wow, these Arab dudes have a spot of money in their bank accounts
dubai's lil' boy 29-Apr-2006 20:13
you guys are right, one earthquake can erase all of this, but a strong one can erase manhattan too, one strong earthquake can destroy the great wall of china, we can all be scared and wait for that one earthquake, or take the risk and actually achive something. and if you think of it, if a tsunami hits then i dont think the only people who will suffer are the ones living on the palm island, right? great pictures brian, i check your site atleast once a week. thank you
Megha 30-Mar-2006 19:50
hmmmm everything looks good....really awesome...out of the world good...but wht if one earthquake or tsunami occurs....then wht.......everythin will disappear....do u think its worth spending millions on a man made island........the chances are 50 50 that they may last for ever or tilla natural disaster occurs......but to think positive...i hope they achieve everything they want.....cause i think this is brilliant........nd inshallah nothin will bad will happen....awesome job...congrats....
Paul 26-Mar-2006 19:02
I ceratinly hope not, you have to believe that Nakheel have done their homework, especially when such famous names have bought on the palm jumeriah, the palm is the jewel in the crown that is Dubai, so for that to fail would mean that Dubai had failed to complete on its biggest project, ' the 8th wonder of the world '. I certainly hope so considering i villa on there last year.
unconvinced 20-Mar-2006 13:44
Sorry to disagree with you all, but I think this is the stupidest thing I have ever seen. All it's going to take is one small earthquake and these islands are going to stop being islands and become reefs. The minor earth settling they've done with their vibrating probes is nothing compared to the settling that will occur when the ground really shakes.
dragongirl 13-Mar-2006 01:32
This is the most amazing project I have have seen since Holland, what a wonderful site from the air and probably space. One can only wonder if someone will add this reclaimed land to the next world map, as well it should be. I wish I could see it for myself.
waldemar 22-Feb-2006 01:50
It's incredible. Humanity in motion accompanying by beauty.
Ruhul Amin 11-Feb-2006 13:58
This is an amazing project, the pictures look incredible. Keep up the good work specially the crown Prince. It really is putting Dubai on the world map. Lets compete with the Western world and show the Arabs are special in all sense.
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