Selected news stories from the United Arab Emirates. The must read and most discussed news from the seven emirates in UAE – Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaima, Fujairah and Umm Al Quwain.
The NRI who has collected 2,000 phone cards
Hameed Kunnippar Paika also has a collection of over 3,000 newspaper clippings of major news articles and over 1,900 stamps and inlaid postage. Collecting is a popular hobby but collecting items that most of us discard on a daily basis is a unique thing to do. Indian national and Dubai resident Hameed Kunnippar Paika, who works as a store clerk in a shipping firm located in Bur Dubai, has one such unique interest and collection of telephone cards. He is also an avid collector of regular collector’s items like stamps, coins, currencies, and newspaper clippings. Phone card collectors or ‘fusilatelists’ were a rage in the 90s. However, with the introduction of the electronic dispensers for phone credit, phone cards have become a bit rare, or redundant. With a collection of over 2,000 telephone cards which were made in the UAE, Paika now finds it hard to find the cards, because…
