The Palace of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Status: Email hoax (real pictures, fake caption)
Bad: Falling for an email hoax. Worse: Using the hoax as the basis for your presentation to the local city planning commission, thereby displaying your gullibility to the entire public.As reported by the Muncie Star Press (no link), Don Love gets the award for doing the latter. He received an email containing a series of pictures of an opulent estate (shown below), with the caption:
In case you're wondering where this hotel is, it isn't a hotel at all. IT IS A HOUSE! It's owned by the family of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the former president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu-Dhabi.
Enraged, he made a slide presentation out of the pictures and showed them to the planning commission, as part of his effort to get them to approve construction of an ethanol plant. His point was that they should promote local energy projects, to prevent all the city's money going to greedy, oil-rich sheiks. He told them: "This is the type of thing being done with your petro dollars that I want to re-patriate. Keep in mind the gentleman has more than 20 wives. This is one of 70 baths. Some are bigger than my house. This is his little swimming pool. These are his cars."
Of course, the pictures don't show a sheik's palace. In reality they show a fancy hotel in Abu Dhabi called the Emirates Palace. All the stuff about 20 wives is bogus too. If Love had bothered to do any research, he would have found this out. He probably could also have found some real pictures of a sheik's palace, which would have been a more effective way of making his point. Incidentally, my other house (the one in my daydreams) looks just like the one in the pictures.
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Posted By: Alex | Date: Tue Nov 15, 2005 | Permalink |
Total Comments: 65
Category: Email Hoaxes, Photos/Videos, Places
Category: Email Hoaxes, Photos/Videos, Places
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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5 star hotel? This is seems like a 6 star.
who cares if we were fooled? Wow, I can create something that'll fool you if I wanted to waste my time and what would that prove, really? That you're dumb? NOT!
Posted by esau in CDN on Mon Oct 23, 2006 at 02:15 PM
who cares if we were fooled? Wow, I can create something that'll fool you if I wanted to waste my time and what would that prove, really? That you're dumb? NOT!
blooooooooodcloth the first time i seen dat house or hotel i was like this arab is fucking doing it reaal fucking BIG,only to find out it aint real damn if he did have a house like dat he b a fucked up leader leaving his people to suffer wen he riding around in bentley n a real silver audi damn thank god it aint fucking real
Posted by kippo in long island on Fri Oct 27, 2006 at 07:32 PM
Are you ppl stupid, or what? One of the richest man in the Middle East, if not the world, couldnt afford a $1million, $2million, or even $150million, you think he cant afford it. People like this family, by whole hotels in London, Paris... just because they like its style or service. He even owns his own airlines, Entihad. How cant he afford this?
Posted by hsda in hsdaztan on Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 01:42 AM
This is a 7 Star hotel and Kempinski was the hotel group chosen to operate Emirates Palace. Is the oldest European luxury hotel group. The Hotel palace is owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi and it is not a private house. Go to its website.
http://www.emiratespalace.com/
Posted by Alli in Abu Dhabi on Sun Nov 12, 2006 at 02:22 PM
http://www.emiratespalace.com/
This is one of the signes of the end of the world. It states "the end will not come until you see the BARE FOOTED BEDOUINS competing with high buildings". So the end of the world is surely near. In 1950, sheikh zayed bin sultan al nahyan was riding a camel in the desert where one of the worlds tallest buildings now stands in dubai...Present day..Burj Al Arab...
GOD BLESS THE ARAB WORLD!!!
Posted by Saif in Lebanon on Sun Nov 12, 2006 at 05:51 PM
GOD BLESS THE ARAB WORLD!!!
WELL, when i first saw it i was told it was someone's house i almost believed but not until i saw the reception. love just made a mockery of himself and this shows how jealous he is
Posted by atl in africa on Thu Nov 23, 2006 at 03:41 AM
for all you fools that believe in everything people say and also to sly that told me about this without making research this is not a sheikhs house but rather a seven (7) star hotel in dubai
Posted by fuad(atl) in lagos on Thu Nov 23, 2006 at 03:47 AM
hmm, and doesnt anyone notice the number signs next to the doors? Its obviosly a hotel holy crap people.
Posted by brandon on Wed Nov 29, 2006 at 05:53 PM
Just received this e-mail and for some weird reasons started to search for the real pictures. something told me it was not true.
Dont know why stupid people do things like this, i guess jelousy, instead of spending their free time in something better than confusing people that unfortunatelly are not smart enough to tell the diference.
Posted by Jackie in USA on Sat Dec 02, 2006 at 01:01 AM
Dont know why stupid people do things like this, i guess jelousy, instead of spending their free time in something better than confusing people that unfortunatelly are not smart enough to tell the diference.
This isnt a house, its a hotel, ive been to it and lived in it, dark from the inside too. Its owned by Sheikh Zayed, true about that.
Posted by Ex in UAe on Tue Dec 05, 2006 at 05:40 AM
holly this guyz loaded with everything imma go give him a visit soon timez
Posted by =) in canada on Thu Dec 14, 2006 at 03:11 PM
well it dosnt matter u peeps the bottom line is the hotels in u-a-e so a arab owns it so be quite its an arabs hotel or house a arabs ok
Posted by usman in dubai on Sun Dec 17, 2006 at 10:46 AM
a few americans from u-s have comented above they should understand that the pictures above and the hotel belongs to an arab and u u-s peeps need to wake up the hotel belongs to sheikh zayed the arab king so please shut up if you dont know anything besides burger king or kfc
Posted by wasim in prague on Sun Dec 17, 2006 at 10:51 AM
It does does not matter who owns the place, the bottom line is that people should be directing funds to useful, beautiful things, instead of kiiling others and obusing national funds, like some leaders in certain countries do. Sheikh if it is your keep it up.
Posted by Salani in Gaborone on Sat Jan 06, 2007 at 07:05 AM
why do you guys care if someone is fooled or not? and you complain about this guys jealousy. I know jealous people and they DON'T paint people in good light, which is the opposite of what this guy did. You all are IDIOTS, and just enjoy the F@%*ing pictures.
Posted by Triz in The YAY area on Fri Feb 02, 2007 at 10:55 AM
Salam to all .. Emirates Palace is one of the most beautiful and renowned Hotels in the world ..The cost for makin Emirates Palace was 3 billion dollars which makes it the most luxurious and costly Hotel in the world..It is in Abu Dhabi (DAR aL maS) capital of U.A.E which has the fastest growing GDP of the world and the riches economy of the world ..Emirates is a place to be and has the best standard of livin in the world ..Hope this information helps LOVE ..and the rest of ma friends visiting here ...all the very best .
Posted by Hussain Al Zaidii in MASSECHUSETS on Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 09:48 AM
Asslam-o-Alaikum:
I pray for u Sir Shaikh Zayed that God bless u.U should live long.
Posted by sammiullah khan in Dera Ghazi Khan on Mon Feb 19, 2007 at 02:23 AM
I pray for u Sir Shaikh Zayed that God bless u.U should live long.
Hi people,
This is a 7 star hotel in the U.A.E,
it is NOT the palace of the late ruler sheikh zayed. The people of the U.A.E loved sheikh zayed because he was the one who united 7 small emirates into one new country called the U.A.E, He was a sheikh who cared alot for his people and always helped foreign countries who needed help.
Posted by alain in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E on Tue Feb 20, 2007 at 11:52 PM
This is a 7 star hotel in the U.A.E,
it is NOT the palace of the late ruler sheikh zayed. The people of the U.A.E loved sheikh zayed because he was the one who united 7 small emirates into one new country called the U.A.E, He was a sheikh who cared alot for his people and always helped foreign countries who needed help.
Posted by abdulah on Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 06:53 AM
This is a hotel for people who didn't read it. in response to Maria fernanda. It's called roalty. alot of people in this world cannot be helped no matter how much money you have. why would you give up all your money to people with nothing if it will make no difference whatsoever when you could live in luxury? why add yourself to the list of those who suffer when there is no point? for thousands of years, select people have lived in splendour and most people in poverty. INFACT, having a computer, even these days, having a roof over your head, food every day, and a family who loves you, makes you in something like the top 10% OF THE WORLDS POPULATION. there has never been, nore will there ever be a person who is completely slefless. it is natural to put yourself before anyone else. certain royal families have more than 8 residences in use and many more that they still own but are open to the public. the website for this hotel is :
http://www.emiratespalace.com/en/main.htm
Posted by John on Sun May 13, 2007 at 12:27 AM
http://www.emiratespalace.com/en/main.htm
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