HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, will officially launch Dubai Metro on 09/09/2009, starting with 10 key stations on the Red Line, namely: Rashidiya, Terminal 3 (Dubai International Airport), City Center, Al Rigga, Union, Khalid bin Al Waleed, Jafliah, Financial Center, Mall of the Emirates, and Nakheel Harbour & Tower.

Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) — Dubai Holding LLC, a diversified group owned by Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, appointed Hashim Al Dabbal as executive chairman of its newly created Property Vertical.

DUBAI – Dubai Customs has signed a memorandum of association (MoA) to build a mosque with Al Maktoum Charitable Association at the Department’s headquarters.

The 65,000-strong International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI) will hold its 24th General Assembly and the World Interior Design Congress 2009 for the first time in the region under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai from 6-11 November …

Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) — Dubai Holding Commercial Operations Group LLC, a diversified company owned by Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum , was “granted” a 30 percent stake in family owned retail company Dubai Festival City LLC in 2008.