Showing posts with label Dubai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dubai. Show all posts

The Muslim World

The term "Muslim World" has several meanings. In a cultural sense, it refers to the worldwide community of Muslims, adherents of Islam. There are approximately 1.2 to 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, or roughly one-fifth of mankind. Most Muslims are concentrated in the Middle East, Northern Africa, Bangladesh and Indonesia:

Muslim Majority Countries



The land area of Muslim majority countries compared to other areas of the world on MAPfrappe is impressive:




More MAPfrappe views of the Muslim World:

Dubai

Dubai is a great place for comparisons.


Dubai 1990

Dubai 2003

Dubai 2007


The Palm Island Jumeirah are artificial archipelago created in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Dubai. It's an amazing sight from above.



As seen on MAPfrappe compared to San Fransisco and New York: