Skiing in UAE

Shahid C. pointed out  this amazing massive indoor artficial ski slope (replete with a working lift) in UAE.

When I lived in Doha, Qatar, the biggest mall, The City Center, had a small ice skating rink in the middle (in which you’d almost never see Qatari girls).    Doha being a rather quiet place the the mall being basically oval-shaped, a common social activity for foreigners there was to walk in circles around that rink.