You Are Here – Sharjah

Starbucks You Are Here – Sharjah is the city mug from the United Arab Emirates which is the third-largest city in the country. Sharjah is also the name of the emirate, which is interesting in a way that it has a coastline of both the Persian Gulf to the west and the Gulf of Oman to the east.
I was not able to identify the building on the front of the mug, but it seems like one of the government facilities.… Read more

You Are Here – United Arab Emirates National Day 2019

Very much like adjacent country, UAE is getting its Holiday release – Starbucks You Are Here – United Arab Emirates National Day 2019 mug. As it states in the title, it has been released to commemorate UAE’s Union Day between the seven emirates which is celebrated annually on December 2.
The comparison picture of the regular and Holiday edition mugs below show that in order to accommodate the space for a longer title, which is also dubbed in Arabic, designers had to rearrange certain elements on the mug:
– The palm tree and the horse became smaller and moved further from the city skyline
– In order to fill the gap, the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah hotel has moved from being on the right of other buildings to the left.… Read more

You Are Here – United Arab Emirates

Yet another mug from Arabian Peninsula – Starbucks You Are Here United Arab Emirates. The design is pretty simple and apart from a horse silhouette (The Arabian horse is one of the most easily recognizable horse breeds in the world thanks to its distinctive head shape and high tail carriage), we can see the skyline of Dubai. The tallest building in Dubai and the whole world is the Burj Khalifa. It has 163 floors and is 2,722 ft high!
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