events: RS002-1124-DIFC-1

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 24: Mohamed Alabbar, Chairman, Emaar Properties, and member, Dubai Executive Council, speaking on the first day of DIFC Week, at the Emirates Towers in Dubai on November 24, 2008. (Randi Sokoloff / The National) To go with story by Andrew Foxwell.

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 24: Mohamed Alabbar, Chairman, Emaar Properties, and member, Dubai Executive Council, speaking on the first day of DIFC Week, at the Emirates Towers in Dubai on November 24, 2008. (Randi Sokoloff / The National) To go with story by Andrew Foxwell.