24-hour loan approval at Citibank
Benefits: Secure a loan of up to Dh175,000 in one day at Citibank. The offer does not require a salary transfer to Citibank. The applicant must provide the correct documentation to the bank, including bank statements for the last three months, a copy of your passport and Emirates ID, a direct-debit form and a current, dated salary certificate for a job you have held for at least three months.
Watch out for: Only those with a minimum fixed salary of Dh5,000 a month can apply.
Sharia-compliant will writing and registration at United Arab Bank
Benefits: UAB has teamed up with Just Wills, a UK-based firm, to offer an end-to-end Sharia-compliant will-writing and registration service that includes notarisation of the document. The will-writing and registration service is bespoke. Therefore, different services and costs are offered for individual requirements.
Watch out for: This service is only available to customers who bank with UAB.
Mashreq financial solutions package
Benefits: Visit your nearest Mashreq branch and sign up for the Mashreq MAX bundle package and receive a free current or savings account, and a free Samsung TAB 3 tablet to help manage your finances. The service allows customers not only to access their account using a tablet device, but also have their own virtual personal adviser 24 hours a day via the Mashreq SnApp banking app.
Watch our for: The credit card is only free for the first year.
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THE SPECS
Engine: 6.75-litre twin-turbocharged V12 petrol engine
Power: 420kW
Torque: 780Nm
Transmission: 8-speed automatic
Price: From Dh1,350,000
On sale: Available for preorder now
Key facilities
- Olympic-size swimming pool with a split bulkhead for multi-use configurations, including water polo and 50m/25m training lanes
- Premier League-standard football pitch
- 400m Olympic running track
- NBA-spec basketball court with auditorium
- 600-seat auditorium
- Spaces for historical and cultural exploration
- An elevated football field that doubles as a helipad
- Specialist robotics and science laboratories
- AR and VR-enabled learning centres
- Disruption Lab and Research Centre for developing entrepreneurial skills
The smuggler
Eldarir had arrived at JFK in January 2020 with three suitcases, containing goods he valued at $300, when he was directed to a search area.
Officers found 41 gold artefacts among the bags, including amulets from a funerary set which prepared the deceased for the afterlife.
Also found was a cartouche of a Ptolemaic king on a relief that was originally part of a royal building or temple.
The largest single group of items found in Eldarir’s cases were 400 shabtis, or figurines.
Khouli conviction
Khouli smuggled items into the US by making false declarations to customs about the country of origin and value of the items.
According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he provided “false provenances which stated that [two] Egyptian antiquities were part of a collection assembled by Khouli's father in Israel in the 1960s” when in fact “Khouli acquired the Egyptian antiquities from other dealers”.
He was sentenced to one year of probation, six months of home confinement and 200 hours of community service in 2012 after admitting buying and smuggling Egyptian antiquities, including coffins, funerary boats and limestone figures.
For sale
A number of other items said to come from the collection of Ezeldeen Taha Eldarir are currently or recently for sale.
Their provenance is described in near identical terms as the British Museum shabti: bought from Salahaddin Sirmali, "authenticated and appraised" by Hossen Rashed, then imported to the US in 1948.
- An Egyptian Mummy mask dating from 700BC-30BC, is on offer for £11,807 ($15,275) online by a seller in Mexico
- A coffin lid dating back to 664BC-332BC was offered for sale by a Colorado-based art dealer, with a starting price of $65,000
- A shabti that was on sale through a Chicago-based coin dealer, dating from 1567BC-1085BC, is up for $1,950
