Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai has joined twitter and has 1,208 followers. The ruler joined twitter in June that was confirmed by twitter’s administrators as The National reports. Sheikh Mohammeds name on twitter is HHShkMohd and last posted on July 10. In June, Sheikh Mohammed created a facebook account (see blog).
The British royal family has raised its profile in the social networking community yet further by starting an account at Twitter. The royal tweets aren’t the online thoughts and feelings of Her Majesty as she goes about her day-to-day life, though; so far they’ve concentrated on the official engagements of members of the royal family and provide links to pages at the official website of the British monarchy. Along with the official website and the Royal Channel on YouTube, the British monarch is well and truly established in cyberspace. So much for accusations of being out of date and out of touch!
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has joined the social networking site Facebook. Sheikh Mohammed has two photo albums which are divided into two parts; My Family and Everyday Encounters as well as an Activities section where the Sheikh talks about his love of poems. “I am passionate about sports, particularly endurance racing. I enjoy and love horse riding with my family members. I enjoy the outdoors, especially the Arabian desert experience,” says Sheikh Mohammed on his page.
In the about me section the Sheikh says “I was brought up in a family that believed in the importance of visionary public service and phil-anthropy and I have tried to live these values in my everyday life.”
Sheikh Mohammed updated his page by asking a question to the people of the UAE “I visited the Ministry of Education today and would like to raise this question: Should the new academic year start during Ramadan or after the Eid holiday?”
