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The proper translation of this part of an old Arabic saying is "Not 
everyone who wears a turban is a sheikh, and not everyone who sits on a 
horse is a horseman."  In this case, the word sheikh is used in the 
usual Islamic sense of a wise man chosen to teach Quran rather than a 
title as they use it for Sheikh Zayed or Sheikh Mohamed.  Off hand, I 
find it a very interesting choice of proverbs as it can be applied a 
number of ways.  One must be very confidant to write that on an island.

Maryanne

On Feb 6, 2005, at 3:05 PM, Steve Shaw wrote:

> A Wall Street Journal article Jan. 20th had this interesting tidbit 
> about Dubai.
> The article was about Dubai's penchant for setting world records, i.e. 
> tallest buildings, longest sofa, biggest indoor aquatic tank, largest 
> manmade islands etc.. Dubai News noted the fact that the WEC set a 
> world record for the largest attendance at an endurance ride. One of 
> the islands, the second Palm Island, will have 7.5 miles of homes 
> built forming arabic text that can be read from arriving planes. The 
> text was penned by UAE's minister of defense, who happened to come in 
> 2nd and BC'd (as things currently stand.)
>
> In english it will read: "Take Wisdom from the wise--Not everyone who 
> rides a horse is a jockey."
> Steve Shaw
>
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