Abu Dhabi recent comments:

Bin Yaroof Almansori family used to live their tell 2004 approximately. And what I remember that their grandfather sold his house to Saeed Abdullah Bin Sulayem during eighties. This small house was located between their Mosque and Mohamed Bin Yaroof and his sister Rafea house which were closer to the see. All of us and other Saadiyat island residents had to leave the island when Saadiyat free port plan came in mind during the millennium. Residents who had have villas or houses that were given by the government were compensated and they were given new houses somewhere else in Abu Dhabi. However, Bin Yaroof and Bin Sulayem families and few others did not receive any compensation and the municipality required a payment of AED10000 if they did not remove their houses (Municipality considered it as ranches). For me, I am with the new development that is taking place in Saadiyat but please do not forget the history and the cultural heritage and people names especially who lived there.