Subject: Re: Dubai- Sharjah<br/>
Date: Nov 18, 2002 @ 13:56<br/>
Author: I M Naanu (&quot;I M Naanu&quot; &lt;imnaanu@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1225305551">--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., &quot;acroorca2002&quot; &lt;orc@o...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., I M Naanu &lt;imnaanu@y...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; Here are some pics of the Dubai-Sharjah border, where the <br/>
&gt; border touches the lagoon. Though this border is a strictly <br/>
&gt; internal border between Sharjah and Dubai, both of which are <br/>
&gt; actually Kingdoms ruled by &#39;Emirs&#39;, the general atmosphere at <br/>
&gt; the border is that of an international border between <br/>
&gt; well-meaning neighbors like Canusa.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; thats strange<br/>
&gt; do you mean they even have customs & immigration controls etc<br/>
&gt;<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Earlier they used too, but after the formation of the UAE in 1971, <br/>
its getting gradually centralized. Still, each Emirate has its &#39;own&#39; <br/>
Immigration and Naturalization Department under the auspices of the <br/>
Central Government. Till recently, Dubai had its own separate defence <br/>
forces. I have a scan of the Internal boundaries of the UAE which is <br/>
very intersesting indeed. I&#39;ll try to post it within the next few <br/>
days.<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt;  <br/>
&gt; &gt; In the past, before the formation of the United Arab Emirates, <br/>
&gt; Sharjah and Dubai had many border disputes and the issue <br/>
&gt; was finally resolved by demarcation of the border which you can <br/>
&gt; see in the pics. The Red and White border posts are the original <br/>
&gt; border demarcators. The fence is put up by the Dubai <br/>
&gt; Government on its side of the border. <br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; is that really a fence<br/>
&gt; or just a line of posts<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; stranger still if just posts as it appears <br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>I am indeed sorry- its not a fence, but a series of Posts. The posts <br/>
are just inside Dubai and are very closely fixed. I remember a funny <br/>
incident- I was involved in the construction of the corniche road on <br/>
the Sharjah side (from where I took the photos) when all of a sudden <br/>
one particular morning the Dubai police came and arrested all the <br/>
workmen working on the road- I was not present. The border was not <br/>
demarcated then and it took some effort at higher levels to clear the <br/>
confusion and release our men. A similar incident happened elsewhere <br/>
when the Dubai police again arrested a shopkeeper for not having the <br/>
license- actually the shopkeeper had a sharjah license, but the shop <br/>
actually lay in Dubai (now) and disputed (then). Yet another place, <br/>
the border passes through a roundabout- very interesting.<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; The third pic about public decency is interesting.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; the carolinas too are separated by a no nudity sign on the beach<br/>
&gt; but in that case there are no other markers of any kind in sight<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; like just a garment change rather than a pavement change<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; it might be fun to make a collection of borders where this occurs<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; I shall posts some other pics of this and other interesting <br/>
&gt; internal borders later on.<br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; Bye,<br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; IMN <br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt; OMNMShVY<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
 <br/>
&gt; but this is the biggest curiosity yet<br/>
&gt; & i can only guess at its meaning<br/>
&gt; hmm<br/>
&gt; how about obeying minimal nudity makes sharjah virtually yours<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>I couldn&#39;t follow this comment. Please elaborate.</div>