The UAE Royalty 3: June-July 2004

[pallas athina]

Originally posted by Humble+Jul 7th, 2004 - 10:40 pm--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Humble @ Jul 7th, 2004 - 10:40 pm)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-pallas athina@Jul 7th, 2004 - 8:05 pm
Mr. Lovely

Mr Lovely

Glad we do not have the same opinion :woot: [/b][/quote]
Hamdan is the second hottest guy in all the UAE.

[Ulika]

who is first

[Bubbette]

Hamdan is cute, but why is he holding his you know what?

Originally posted by pallas athina+Jul 8th, 2004 - 6:54 am--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (pallas athina @ Jul 8th, 2004 - 6:54 am)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Mr Lovely

Glad we do not have the same opinion :woot:

Hamdan is the second hottest guy in all the UAE. [/b][/quote]
It still does not mean that I would like him....

I am not impressed by anyone from Golf countries including princes

[silver charm]

Originally posted by Bubbette@Jul 8th, 2004 - 10:31 am
Hamdan is cute, but why is he holding his you know what?

he is holding his phone if you look close enough.

[Akilah]

Originally posted by houri+Jul 7th, 2004 - 9:42 pm--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (houri @ Jul 7th, 2004 - 9:42 pm)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-pallas athina@Jul 7th, 2004 - 9:05 pm
Mr. Lovely

thank you for the pic

he don't wear like men from uae he wear like kuwaiti men [/b][/quote]
What does he wear like Kuwaiti men?

[La la]

Originally posted by Ulika@Jul 8th, 2004 - 2:44 pm
who is first

The waterbed man – Sheikh Ahmed

[Akilah]

Originally posted by La la@Jul 2nd, 2004 - 9:02 pm
You're welcome, habibi. It's more important to keep the wealth within the family than the blood nowadays. :P

Let me get this straight. Those royals in the gulf Arab states as well as other Arab countries imbreed to keep the money in the family. So explain this to me. If must royal families in the Arab world (namely Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, Oman, Yemen, Morcocco, etc) have some control over the government (or should I say they control the country) why should it matter if they marry family or not? Because in the event of a divorce (if there was ever one), I am sure divorces have occured, but I would like to believe they were mutual (or that the wealthier party namely the royal agreed to the arrangement). In saying this then wouldn't the royal have the upper hand in deciding how much one would recieve if anything.

If anything wouldn't it better for the royal to stay married as many do and move onto the next wife or mistress. I mean isn't what they do anyway (at least some of them).

Simply put why couldn't they marry who ever because who they marry more than likely will come under the control of the royal family thus the government. How much would they really loss in family assests if they were to marry and then divorce a women who resided in their respective countries thus under the rule of their governemnt thus their courts? I believe there are ways of protecting themselves; they don't have to marry their cousins all the time (not least the first time around).

[silver charm]

Akilah-good question.

Here's my answer-for whatever it's worth. There are the royal families of these countries and then their are the citizens and then there are 'upper society' citizens.

For the most part royals marry royals to strength their own power base within their own tribe/clan. The royals are not that worried about being hauled into divorce court and having to deal with a judge and jury. The royals are marrying to cement their power or to climb in stature.

Occasionally a royal will marry an upper society citizen. And you can guarantee that the non-royal is abosultely loaded whereas the royal is running a little dry on the cash flow.

And rarely royals marry common citizen (princess of Morocco)-this happens so rarely that it is not worth mentioning. Except for the observation that the more highly placed a royal is-the more likely they are to marry 'commoners' than an 'upper society' person. Why? The highly placed royal already has power & money-why not go for love?

[Bubbette]

Originally posted by silver charm+Jul 8th, 2004 - 10:06 am--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (silver charm @ Jul 8th, 2004 - 10:06 am)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Bubbette@Jul 8th, 2004 - 10:31 am
Hamdan is cute, but why is he holding his you know what?

he is holding his phone if you look close enough. [/b][/quote]
Ah, that's what I thought!

[silver charm]

Originally posted by Bubbette+Jul 8th, 2004 - 3:32 pm--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Bubbette @ Jul 8th, 2004 - 3:32 pm)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

he is holding his phone if you look close enough.

Ah, that's what I thought! [/b][/quote]
i want to know why it looks like a bus stop is put in the middle of a hotel lobby. check out to right of the pic, behind the guys. is that the bus shelter?

[pallas athina]

Originally posted by La la+Jul 8th, 2004 - 1:42 pm--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (La la @ Jul 8th, 2004 - 1:42 pm)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Ulika@Jul 8th, 2004 - 2:44 pm
who is first

The waterbed man – Sheikh Ahmed [/b][/quote]
Oh, you know me so well.

[houri]

Originally posted by silver charm+Jul 8th, 2004 - 4:07 pm--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (silver charm @ Jul 8th, 2004 - 4:07 pm)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Ah, that's what I thought!

i want to know why it looks like a bus stop is put in the middle of a hotel lobby. check out to right of the pic, behind the guys. is that the bus shelter? [/b][/quote]
he was attending wedding in the hotel
who wear black bishet is the groom

[houri]

Originally posted by Akilah+Jul 8th, 2004 - 1:35 pm--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Akilah @ Jul 8th, 2004 - 1:35 pm)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

thank you for the pic

he don't wear like men from uae he wear like kuwaiti men

What does he wear like Kuwaiti men? [/b][/quote]
I was meant the design of his dishdasha

[QueenB]

The European royals also 'inbreed' or used to inbreed as well. I don't know how many of them are actually in love but it seems that the ones that marry their relatives seem to either divorce years later or have other wives/husbands down the line....
I think they also marry other royals to make sure the kids have 'blood line'.... Sheikh Tamim - another royal marrying a cousin - at least I think she's his cousin because she's also Al Thani..

[pallas athina]

Originally posted by pallas athina+Jul 8th, 2004 - 11:27 pm--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (pallas athina @ Jul 8th, 2004 - 11:27 pm)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

The waterbed man – Sheikh Ahmed

Oh, you know me so well. [/b][/quote]
Actually, I do believe the waterbed man is Ahmed bin Rashid, NOT my SA.

[silver charm]

Originally posted by pallas athina+Jul 9th, 2004 - 9:30 am--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (pallas athina @ Jul 9th, 2004 - 9:30 am)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Oh, you know me so well.

Actually, I do believe the waterbed man is Ahmed bin Rashid, NOT my SA. [/b][/quote]
yep.

Ahmed bin Rashid is a pretty mysterious guy. whereas Ahmed bin Saeed (the hottie) is well known and I'm sure if he lived on a waterbed EVERYONE in DXB would know.

[Ulika]

please say one of them have waterbed

[Bubbette]

Originally posted by QueenB@Jul 9th, 2004 - 1:46 am
The European royals also 'inbreed' or used to inbreed as well. I don't know how many of them are actually in love but it seems that the ones that marry their relatives seem to either divorce years later or have other wives/husbands down the line....
I think they also marry other royals to make sure the kids have 'blood line'.... Sheikh Tamim - another royal marrying a cousin - at least I think she's his cousin because she's also Al Thani..

The Euros don't currently inbreed like the Saudi and other Gulf States do. The genetic abnormalities that result have actually been a great research for western geneticists.

[La la]

Originally posted by Bubbette+Jul 8th, 2004 - 8:32 pm--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Bubbette @ Jul 8th, 2004 - 8:32 pm)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

he is holding his phone if you look close enough.

Ah, that's what I thought! [/b][/quote]
After seeing that pic of lovely Hamdan, I'm highly sceptical as to whether or not he was 'trained' at Sandhurst.