Talk:Jebel Ali

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Old information

This information is a decade old. Alromaithi

No, I don't see where it is. The article was started in 2005 and updated several times since then. I don't see anything outdated or wrong with the article. --LeyteWolfer 09:56, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures

Largest man-made port in the world and no pictures? Come on... xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 13:39, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Still waiting for your pictures, xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. --LeyteWolfer 09:56, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

desalination plants

what kind of desalination system or systems are used in Dubai for irrigation and drinkable waters and how much energy is needed for each liter of water produced ? 64.251.165.195 (talk) 22:08, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Village?

With more than 30,000 people it seems to big to be valled village.94.145.236.194 (talk) 20:09, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Liberty facilities?

Non native speaker here. What exactly is a liberty facility? Could you link or explain it? Google and some dictionary sites were not very helpful. -- 92.226.88.163 (talk) 18:58, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A liberty facility is a building or area designated to relaxing, eating, or generally doing something not work-related. In this particular case, the liberty facility in Jebel Ali is a group of buildings, some shops, some restaurants and food stalls, around a paved open area with chairs, tables, and an overhead canopy. It's situated inside the guarded area of the pier, and accessible to the personnel from the ship without having to go through any serious security. Not all liberty facilities will have everything here, some might just have an open area with chairs and tables, and perhaps a vending machine or two. blackbird_4 06:54, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

I wondered the same. Would this be a place where items like beer, bacon, Playboy magazines, cough syrup (and other items not likely to be permitted in a Muslim environment) are sold? Perhaps with "working" women? Women not confined to Muslim clothing restrictions, driving cars etc.?Thomas (talk) 15:00, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No "working" women. The only people inside this area would be either servicemembers of whatever ship ported there and the people who are employed by the vendors there. So, Navy/Marines personnel and kiosk workers. As far as what is sold, the Navy would not allow anything like Playboys from being sold, and I seem to remember the food items that were normally pork here in the States being beef there. So, while there's no reason pork couldn't be sold there, since they're using local branches of restaurants, they would be selling whatever is normally sold in Dubai. The entire area of the liberty facilities only covers an area of maybe 800 by 1000 feet (240 by 300 meters), of which not all of it is inside the security perimeter. I honestly don't remember if there was beer there, as I don't drink it.--Blackbird_4 08:41, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]