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List of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, UAE online forums and discussion boards

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General forums for Abu Dhabi, Dubai, RAK, UAE
Forum name	Domain	Started	Members¹	Topics¹	Posts¹	Date²	Comments
Abu Dhabi Buzz	adbuzz.smfforfree3.com	2009?					Admin is busybee from Expat Women and Abu Dhabi Women forums?
Abu Dhabi Woman	www.abudhabiwoman.com						Like ExpatWoman but less frenzied, members don't flap as much
Desert Speak	www.desertspeak.com						The best! Well you wouldn't expect us not to blow our own trumpet would you?
Discuss Dubai	www.discussdubai.com						Relatively quiet. Site not available Apr 2014.
Dubai Forum UK	www.dubaiforum.co.uk		1,400		1,200		Relatively quiet
Dubai Forums	www.dubaiforums.com						Busy with general discussions and online arguments, sometimes helpful. Entertaining for those who like flame wars.
Dubai Ladies Lounge	www.dubailadieslounge.com	Jul 2010?	180	400	6,000	Aug 2010	Similar to ExpatWoman?
Expat Gossip	www.expatgossip.com		7,300	11,000	180,000	Aug 2010	Similar to Expat Woman but members seem less exciteable. Went quiet in July 2009. Last post seems to be Dec 2009 (checked Aug 2010).
Expat Woman	www.expatwoman.com						Ask about a school and get a deluge of enthusiastic replies. Popular with Jumeirah Janes, Arabian Annies, Meadow Marys, and Spring Sallys.
Gossip Dubai	www.gossipdubai.com						Another expat women forum. Offline?
Hi Dubai	www.hidubai.com					Oct 2009	No longer active. Domain is spam now.
RAK Free Trade Zone forum	www.rakftzforum.com	Sep 2008	8,000	40	110		General Ras Al Khaimah information as well as RAKFTZ.
UAE Community	www.uaeforum.org		1,500	1,000	4,000	Oct 2009
UAE Community Blog	uaecommunity.blogspot.com						Not a forum as such but a community blog for bloggers based in, or blogging about, the UAE
UAE Forum	www.uaeforum.net						No posts, abandoned or brand new in 2009.
UAE Forums	www.uaeforums.org		6,000	6,500	100,000	Oct 2009	Includes Arabic, Hindi, Urdu forums.
UAE and Dubai websites with general forums
Website name	URL	Started	Members	Topics	Posts	Date	Comments
#Dubai Forums	www.much.net						Dubai internet users and IRC channel with a beef against Etisalat.
Dubai Lime	www.dubailime.com						Cultural, music, and social events in Dubai.
Dubizzle	www.dubizzle.com						Popular classified ads website with community discussion.
Guide 2 Dubai	www.guide2dubai.com	2009?					Relatively quiet general Dubai discussion forum.
Mashup UAE students	www.mashup.ae						Students at UAE colleges and universities. Offline/abandoned? Shame, was excellent when online.
RAK 4 You	www.rak4you.org	May 2008	160	70	80	Oct 2009	General Ras Al Khaimah information for expat residents. Site not available Apr 2014.
UAE Topics	www.uaetopics.com	Nov 2006					Not busy.
General forums with Abu Dhabi, Dubai, or UAE sections
Website name	URL	Started	Members	Topics	Posts	Date	Comments
Allo Expat	www.alloexpat.com						Sub forums for Abu Dhabi, Dubai. Most topics started by automatic news feed. Otherwise not busy.
British Expats	www.britishexpats.com						Focused on Brit expats but anyone can read, join, and post.
BritishExpat Forum	www.britishexpat.com						Another forum for UK expatriates with a UAE section.
Easy Expat	www.easyexpat.com						UAE section, site not available Oct 2009
Expat Diaries	www.ixpats.com						Blog rather than a forum
Expat Forum	www.expatforum.com						Large forum for global expats, slow to load
Communities (geographical) in the UAE with online forums
Website name	URL	Started	Members	Topics	Posts	Date	Comments
Arabian Ranches	www.arabianranchescommunity.com	Apr 2009	150	70	250	Oct 2009	Registration restricted to AR residents?
Green Community
DMC Community	www.dmccommunity.com	Aug 2008	350	250	1700	Oct 2009	Dubai Motor City community forum
Dubai Silicon Oasis	www.siliconoasis.org	Feb 2007	2,500	4,000	11,000	Oct 2009	DSO community forum
JLT Community	www.jltcommunity.com	Jun 2009	120	70	200	Oct 2009	Jumeirah Lake Towers
JBR Community	www.jbrcommunity.com	Aug 2007	3,000	4,000	20,000	Oct 2009	Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai Marina
Communities (nationality or language based) in the UAE with online forums³
Website name	URL	Started	Members	Topics	Posts	Date	Comments
Bulgarian community UAE	www.bulgariansinuae.com	May 2007		500	3,000	Oct 2009	Bulgaria
Canadian Club Dubai	www.clubforcanadians-dubai.com	Nov 2007?	500	25	50	Oct 2009	Canada, relatively quiet. Website offline since 2012?
Deutschsprachige Dubai Forum	www.dubai-forum.info						German community forum
Dubai dla Polaka	www.dubajdlapolaka.pl						Polish forum in Dubai
Dubai Moon	www.dubaimoon.com						Arabic, busy
Emirates Greeks	www.emiratesgreeks.com						Not a forum, but useful information about Greece and for the Greek Community in the UAE.
Ma7room.com	www.ma7room.com						Arabic
Romanian community	www.terrafm.net						Domain forwards to FB page for Terra FM, unrelated?
Russian Emirates	www.chatru.com						Русские Эмираты – русский форум в ОАЭ
Russian Home Dubai	www.russianhome.com						Русский Дом Дубай
Spanish community	www.forodubai.info						Foro Dubai offline? Is spam when checked Nov 2009.
UAE Women	www.uaewomen.net						Arabic, for women and families in the UAE
UAE based forums for specific subjects, sports, hobbies, etc
Website name	URL	Started	Members	Topics	Posts	Date	Comments
Evolve	www.evolve.ae	Mar 2005	1,000	7,500	100k	Oct 2009	Good for petrolheads, car and bike enthusiasts in the UAE.
Iran RAK Forum	www.iranrak.com	Sep 2009	100	15	15	Oct 2009	Iran RAK trade and business directory. New?
UAE Pet Club	www.uaepetclub.com					Oct 2009	Arabic and English, pet discussions and classifieds, overrun with spam when checked, not clear if it even was what it was meant to be originally.
Other forums useful or significant for Abu Dhabi, Dubai, UAE
Website name	URL	Started	Members	Topics	Posts	Date	Comments
Sky Scraper City	www.skyscrapercity.com	Sep 2002	300k	500k	28m	Oct 2009	Worldwide property forum, good place to start for UAE property information and comments
Dave's ESL Cafe Teaching	www.eslcafe.com		38k	9,700	37k	Oct 2009	Teaching ESL website and forums. There are 2 independent forums - teaching and job forum.
Dave's ESL Cafe Jobs			90k	75k	750k	Oct 2009	Dave's ESL Cafe job forum is good for negative opinions (mostly valid) about teaching in educational institutes in the UAE and the rest of the world.
Flyer Talk	www.flyertalk.com		220k	940k	12.5m	Oct 2009	Good for frequent flyers (and not so frequent flyers).
Live Work Explore	www.liveworkexplore.com						Good maps and print guides for cities around the world, UAE forums a relatively new thing (early 2009?).
PP Rumour Network	www.pprune.org		280k	320k	4.7m	Oct 2009	Interesting for anything pilot, cabin crew, and airline industry related. Can be very useful but as with many job related forums, many members use it as a platform to vent against employers.

1. Some forums are much better than others at clearing out robot memberships, and spam topics (or threads) and posts, so simple comparisons between forum numbers might be misleading. A greater multiple of posts or topics versus members usually indicates better moderation of membership lists. A greater multiple of posts versus topics usually indicates better moderation of spam. If number of topics is similar to or less than the number of members, then forum probably has a greater proportion of spam and noise.
2. If blank then last date checked was October 2009.
3. There are a large number of Arabic language forums not included here.

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