It is rare in captivity, although a group is kept at Al Ain Zoo in the United Arab Emirates.

* United Arab Emirates: Oman has several good road connections at Buraimi ( Al Ain ), Waddi Hatta ( Wajaja ), Khamat Mulahah ( Fujairah ) and Bukha.

A fourth UAE location was also planned for Bawadi Mall in the city of Al Ain.

Al Ain (,, literally The Spring ), also known as the Garden City due to its greenery, is the second largest city in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the fourth largest city in the United Arab Emirates.

Al Ain is the birthplace of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the first president of the United Arab Emirates, and it has the country's highest number of Emirati nationals.

Al Ain is located in Abu Dhabi, inland on the border with Oman.

The freeways connecting Al Ain, Abu Dhabi and Dubai form a geographic triangle in the center of the country, each city being roughly 130 kilometers from the other two.

Historically known as Tawam or al Buraimi Oasis, Al Ain became a distinct location following independence in 1971.

Al Ain has been inhabited for over 4, 000 years, with archaeological sites showing human settlement at Al Hili and Jabel Hafeet.

The forts currently in Al Ain were built in the late 19th or early 20th century to solidify Abu Dhabi's control over the oasis.

Wilfred Thesiger visited Al Ain in the late 1940s during his travels across the Empty Quarter.

Prior to independence, Al Ain was part of the Arabian slave trade network that extended from east Africa into the Persian Gulf.

Today, some families in both Al Ain and Buraimi are descended from these slaves.

Following independence in 1971, Al Ain experienced rapid growth and investment as part of the emirate of Abu Dhabi, quickly becoming larger and more successful than Oman's Buraimi.

In 1972, Oman and Abu Dhabi agreed on the final borders to divide Buraimi and Al Ain.

Until 2006, Buraimi and Al Ain shared an open border.

Al Ain is located in the eastern region of Abu Dhabi Emirate just south of Dubai and east of Abu Dhabi.

The topography of Al Ain is unique and varies as you travel to the east.

Jebel Hafeet ( Hafeet mountain ) is considered one of the monuments of Al Ain, lying just to the southeast and rising to 1, 300 meters in elevation.

Sand dunes of varying texture that are tinged red with iron oxide lie to the north and east of Al Ain.

In Al Ain, the mean annual rainfall is 96 mm and the average relative humidity is 60 % ( United Arab Emirates University, 1993 ).

Low humidity in Al Ain, particularly during the summers, makes it a popular destination for many people at that time of year.

Boer ( 1997 ) classified the UAE climate as hyper-arid and divided it into four climatic regions: the coastal zone along the Persian Gulf, the mountain areas northeast of UAE, the gravel plains around Al Ain area, and the central and southern sand desert.

A brackish lake, Birket Qarun, at the northern reaches of Al Fayyum Oasis, drained into the Nile in ancient times.

The border through ' Al Buraymi Oasis, located near the conjunction of the frontiers of Oman, Abu Dhabi ( one of the emirates of the UAE ) and Saudi Arabia, has triggered extensive dispute among the three states since the Treaty of Jeddah in 1927.

In a 1975 agreement with Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi accepted sovereignty over six villages in the ' Al Buraymi Oasis and the sharing of the rich Zararah oil field.

The Barada creates the Al Ghutah Oasis, site of Damascus.

The extensive Al Liwa Oasis is in the south near the undefined border with Saudi Arabia, and about 100 kilometers to the northeast is the Al Buraymi Oasis, which extends on both sides of the Abu Dhabi-Oman border.

Other attractions include the Al Ain Oasis in the city centre, other oases dotted around the area — all cool retreats in the middle of the summer heat — Al Ain Zoo, an amusement park named " Hili Fun City ", many well-maintained parks popular with families in the summer evenings, and a heritage village.

The falaj irrigation system at Al Ain Oasis

Al Ain has seven oases ; the largest is Al Ain Oasis, near to Old Sarooj, and the smallest is Al Jahili Oasis.

The first hospital in Al Ain was Oasis Hospital, established in 1960 at the invitation of Sheikh Zayed.

Episodes have ranged from Aaliyah to Stryper to Queen, as well as others such as Meat Loaf, MC Hammer, Cher, Oasis, Fleetwood Mac, TLC, " Weird Al " Yankovic, Megadeth, Britney Spears, Selena, Petra, Pantera, and Eminem, with more episodes being produced periodically.

In April 1975, his first diplomatic coup was the conclusion of a demarcation agreement concerning the Al Buraymi Oasis, where the frontiers of Abu Dhabi, Oman, and Saudi Arabia meet.

Late on May 12, several vehicles containing heavily-armed assault teams arrived at three Riyadh compounds: The Dorrat Al Jadawel, a compound owned by the London-based MBI International and Partners subsidiary Jadawel International, the Al Hamra Oasis Village, and the Vinnell Corporation Compound, a compound occupied by a Virginia-based defense contractor that was training the Saudi National Guard.

The government has considered the Western Desert a frontier region and has divided it into two governorates at about the twenty-eighth parallel: Matruh to the north and New Valley ( Al Wadi al Jadid ) to the south.

* Saudi Arabia: Desert road through Al Mashash.

Following Operation Desert Storm, the 355 WG supported Operation Southern Watch during deployments to Al Jaber, Kuwait, in 1997 by deploying 24 A-10s, in 1998 by deploying 16 A-10s, and in 1999 by deploying 14 A-10s — all to ensure compliance of the 33rd parallel southern no-fly zone.

Examples of singing sand dunes include California's Kelso Dunes and Eureka Dunes ; sugar sand beaches and Warren Dunes in southwestern Michigan ; Sand Mountain in Nevada ; the Booming Dunes in the Namib Desert, Africa ; Porth Oer ( also known as Whistling Sands ) near Aberdaron in Wales ; Indiana Dunes in Indiana ; Barking Sands in Hawaiʻi ; Mingsha Shan in Dunhuang, China ; Singing Beach in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts ; near the Al Udeid Air Base west of Doha, in Qatar ; and Gebel Naqous, near el-Tor, South Sinai, Egypt.

The U. S. Air Force sent several sorties of F-16's from the 34th Fighter Squadron, and 522nd Fighter Squadron into Iraq to fly night missions in support of Operation Desert Fox ; they were based at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait.

* Al Sahra Desert Resort

** Al Sahra Desert Resort

* In the online MMORPG RuneScape, magic carpets ( made from camel hair ) used to be a popular and common method of transportation around the Kharidian Desert, but lost favour after the Emir of Al Kharid, the desert town, fell to his death after mistaking an ordinary carpet for his magic one.

Johns responded that numerous Clinton administration officials, including Vice President Al Gore and National Security Advisor Sandy Berger, cited nearly identical intelligence conclusions regarding Saddam's possession of weapons of mass destruction in justifying Clinton's four-day 1998 bombing of Iraq, known as " Operation Desert Fox.

Desert lung disease may be related to Al Eskan disease, a lung disorder thought to be caused by exposure to sand dust containing organic antigens, which was first diagnosed after the 1990 Gulf war.

Dakhla Oasis ( Arabic: الداخلة ; transliteration: al-Dākhla ;: Al Wāḩāt ad Dākhilah ), also spelt Dakhleh and known colloquially as the inner oasis, is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert ( part of the Libyan Desert ).

Operating from Al Dhafra Air Base as the 363d Provisional Wing ( along with the 10th TFS from the 50th TFW, Hahn Air Base, Germany ), the wing flew combat missions to Iraq and Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm between January 17 and February 28, 1991.

Al Muktars Desert Dogs are a mercenary unit originating in Araby.

Possibly he could be Al Muktar ( Son of the Desert ) whose return had been predicted.

To go to Tafilah from the Desert Highway, one must take Highway 60 west at Jurf Al Darawish.

* Al ' Rashid: The master assassin of the Desert Wind, hired by one of the Seven to bring back the Mace of Tanis.

* On a Desert Island with Thee — Mistress Evelyn Al Belle-Ans, Sir Galahad, Sir Gawain and Ensemble

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, former President of the UAE constructed and maintained a private residence just outside the city called ' Desert Palace ' or Abu Dhabi Palace.

It is named in honour of Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, as it was originally built for his exclusive use, so that he may visit his " Desert Palace " just outside the city ; he later donated it to the Government of Pakistan.