Editorial Growing up
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Managing Editor Daniel Birkhofer Editors Kim Perks Marilena Cilta Graphics & Design James Russell Sales & Marketing (advertisement enquiries) Tara Atkinson Tel: 04-447 2030 Mobile: 055 9398915 tara@outdooruae.com Published by: Outdoor UAE FZE P.O. Box 215062 Dubai, U.A.E. Tel. 04-447 2030 contact@outdooruae.com www.outdooruae.com
here in the 90’s, I witnessed how this country had transformed into the cosmopolitan nation that it is now. The Dubai World Trade Center was the only tallest building piercing the skyline of Sheikh Zayed Road, Al Ghurair and the Burjuman Center were the best shopping malls by far then (as far as I can recall), and taking the bus or sharing a taxi with strangers were the cheapest ways to get around the city. I couldn’t believe how things have changed so rapidly in such a short time, everything’s moving so fast right now that you don’t even notice that you’re aging with every passing hour – the world had become so hungry with speed, people barely have the time to pause for awhile to admire the wonders around them .
And with that, let me invite you to experience a piece of that wondrous feeling of excitement and adventure as you leaf through the stories of some of our spirited contributors. See through their eyes, hear with their ears, and feel what they felt through every word in their stories. I am Angelo Cabrera, the most recent addition to the wonderful team of eccentric adventurers in the magazine, a Bachelor’s Degree holder in Journalism which I earned exactly a year ago this month, and will be taking charge of the news updates and several stories that you’ll be reading in the Outdoor UAE from this point on. Welcome to the rocky world of outdoor adventure everyone, keep safe, and keep living.
Angelo.
Maybe it’s time for us to slow down and take a time out. Be one with the world. Admire what it has to offer.
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between the lines Daniel Birkhofer
Founder and Editor in Chief daniel@outdooruae.com
James Russell
Graphics and Photography james@outdooruae.com
Tara Atkinson
© 2011 Outdoor UAE FZE Issue 15, March 2012
Kim Perks
Copywriter and Editor
Sales and Marketing tara@outdooruae.com
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Marilena Cilta
Angelo Cabrera
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