Al Karama , or simply Karama ( Arabic : الكرامة , literally meaning dignity ), is a residential district of Dubai located on the western banks of the Dubai Creek and one of the older communities of the city. It is outwardly distinctive due to the regularity of its low-rise residential buildings. The area, which was planned on a tight grid system, is home to thousands of people even though it is only two square kilometers in size. Al Karama is the most populous residential area in Dubai and the most central part of Dubai. Al Karama is also one of the most accessible parts in Dubai, that makes it very easy for residents to travel to any other parts of the city from Karama with ease due to the wide range of transport available in the town.
19-534: Karama may refer to: Geography [ edit ] Al Karama, Dubai , UAE Al Karama, Syria (disambiguation) Electoral division of Karama , an electoral division in Australia Karama, Northern Territory , a suburb of Darwin, Australia Karama River , a river in Sulawesi, Indonesia Karama site, an Early Paleolithic paleoanthropological site in
38-634: A one-bedroom flat was about 42,000 dirhams (US$ 11,500) in June 2006, having risen sharply to around 60,000 dirhams (US$ 16,335) during 2017. One notable national community is the Omani contingent, who originally settled in Karama in the early 1980s with the help of Dubai's first modern ruler, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum , the late father of the current rulers. About 8,000 Omanis who were among
57-600: Is Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Street (Trade Centre Road), where the popular BurJuman shopping mall is located. The majority of Karama's population has traditionally been working class South Asian and Filipinos expatriates , although Dubai's cosmopolitan nature is also well represented, with the presence of many other nationalities such as people from Iran and Lebanon and many European nations. Virtually all residents are non-UAE nationals, meaning that they are obliged to rent their apartments. The typical annual rent for
76-586: Is also served by two metro stations on the Red Line - Mostly because this is a heavily populated area, parking in Al Karama may pose an issue. It can be challenging to find parking with the increase of each property ownership in the area. Some buildings offer basement parking but the older buildings do not offer this. Residents will then have to find street parking which can be difficult at times, especially since visitors will be using those same spaces. Besides
95-570: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Al Karama, Dubai It stretches for 2 km between the creekside diplomatic area of Umm Hurair 1 to the north, containing numerous consulates, and Zabeel Park to the south, a $ 50-million technology-themed public park opened in December 2005. Zabeel Park divides Karama from the landmark Dubai World Trade Centre , as well as Sheikh Zayed Road and its famous skyscrapers. The district's western boundary
114-939: Is present on all dirham notes to prevent fraud. On 20 May 1973, the UAE Currency Board introduced notes in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 50, and 100 dirhams; a Dhs 1,000 note was issued on 3 January 1976. A second series of note was introduced in 1982 which omitted the Dh 1 and Dhs 1,000 notes. Dhs 500 notes were introduced in 1983, followed by Dhs 200 in 1989. Dhs 1,000 notes were reintroduced in 2000. Banknotes are currently available in denominations of Dhs 5 (brown), Dhs 10 (green), Dhs 20 (light blue), Dhs 50 (purple), Dhs 100 (pink), Dhs 200 (green/brown), Dhs 500 (navy blue) and Dhs 1,000 (greenish blue). The obverse texts are written in Arabic with numbers in Eastern Arabic numerals ;
133-705: Is subdivided into 100 fils (فلس) . It is pegged to the United States Dollar at a constant exchange rate of approximately 3.67 AED to 1 USD. The name dirham is a loan from the Greek δραχμή (drakhmé). Due to centuries of trade and usage of the currency, dirham survived through the Ottoman Empire . Before 1966, all the emirates that now form the UAE used the Gulf rupee , which was pegged at parity to
152-454: Is well connected with the rest of Dubai by bus operated by the Roads and Transport Authority (Dubai) (RTA): 10, 33, 44, 83, X25, 21, 27, 28, 29, 61, 61D, 66, 67, 88, 91, 91A, C3, C5, C7, X23, X25, X28, X94, C10, C14, C18, C26, E304. Al Karama Bus Station, as sub bus station serving Dubai is also located in the community offering buses to Dubai Silicon Oasis , Abu Hail and Sharjah . Al Karama
171-679: The Anuy River valley, Russia Karama , Nyagatare District, a sector in Nyagatare District , Rwanda Karama Huye District, a sector in the South West of Huye District , Southern Province, Rwanda Other uses [ edit ] Karama, an Arab world women's rights organisation founded in 2005 by Hibaaq Osman Karamat , miracles performed by Muslim saints See also [ edit ] Karamah (disambiguation) Karameh (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
190-738: The Indian rupee . On 6 June 1966, India decided to devalue the Gulf rupee against the Indian rupee. Not accepting the devaluation, several of the states still using the Gulf rupee adopted their own or other currencies. All the Trucial States except Abu Dhabi adopted the Qatar and Dubai riyal , which was equal to the Gulf rupee prior to the devaluation. These emirates briefly adopted the Saudi riyal during
209-531: The United Arab Emirates released a Dhs 50 note. The security thread was a 3-mm wide, colour-shifting windowed security thread with demetalized UAE 50, and it bore the new coat of arms. On 7 December 2021, a redesigned polymer Dhs 50 note was released to commemorate the golden jubilee of the country on 2 December 2021, making it the UAE's first polymer banknote. Additional new polymer banknotes of Dhs 5 and Dhs 10 were introduced on 21 April 2022, with
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#1732793861342228-705: The United Arab Emirates dirham . By August 2006 it became publicly known that the Philippine one peso coin is the same size as one dirham. As 1 peso is only worth 8 fils, this has led to vending machine fraud in the UAE . Pakistan's 5 rupee coin , the Omani 50 Baisa coin and the Moroccan 1 dirham are also the same sizes as the Emirati one dirham coin. Although 1 mm thinner, one dirham coin has also been found in ten-cent coin rolls in Australia. A falcon watermark
247-498: The higher denominations in cupro-nickel . The fils coins were the same size and composition as the corresponding Qatar and Dubai dirham coins. In 1995, the 5 fils, 10 fils, 50 fils, and 1 dirham coins were reduced in size, with the new 50 fils being curve-equilateral-heptagonal shaped. The value and numbers on the coins are written in Eastern Arabic numerals and the text is in Arabic . The 1, 5, and 10 fils coins are rarely used in everyday life, so all amounts are rounded up or down to
266-590: The nearest multiples of 25 fils. The 1 fils coin is a rarity and does not circulate significantly. In making a change there is a risk of confusing the old 50 fils coin for the modern 1 dirham coin because the coins are almost the same size. Since 1976 the Currency Board of the United Arab Emirates has minted several commemorative coins celebrating different events and rulers of the United Arab Emirates . For details, see Commemorative coins of
285-473: The reverse texts are in English with numbers in Arabic numerals . The 200 dirham denomination is scarce as it was only produced in 1989; any circulating today comes from bank stocks. The 200 dirham denomination has since been reissued and is now in circulation since late May 2008 – it has been reissued in a different colour; Yellow/Brown to replace the older Green/Brown. On 22 March 2008, The Central Bank of
304-448: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Karama . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karama&oldid=1241707241 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
323-413: The tens of thousands displaced from Zanzibar in the 1960s later found themselves stateless and homeless until Sheikh Rashid offered them sanctuary with the construction of Hamdan Colony, a collection of apartment blocks which still stand in Karama. Expat residents from different parts of Dubai find themselves in Al Karama for various things such as tailoring, laundry, dining or, even shopping. Al Karama
342-674: The transition from the Gulf rupee to the Qatar and Dubai riyal. Abu Dhabi used the Bahraini dinar , at a rate of 10 Gulf rupees = 1 dinar. In 1973, the UAE adopted the UAE dirham as its currency. Abu Dhabi adopted the UAE dirham in place of the Bahraini dinar, at 1 dinar = 10 dirhams, while in the other emirates, the Qatar and Dubai riyal were exchanged at par. In 1973, coins were introduced in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25, and 50 fils and 1 dirham. The 1, 5, and 10 fils are struck in bronze, with
361-488: The widespread sale of counterfeit goods, reported crime is relatively high in common with other parts of Dubai east of the creek. United Arab Emirates dirham The Arab Emirates Dirham ( / ˈ d ɪər ( h ) ə m / ; Arabic : درهم إماراتي , abbreviation : د.إ in Arabic , Dh (singular) and Dhs (plural) or DH in Latin ; ISO code : AED is the official currency of the United Arab Emirates . The dirham
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