Jebel Ali Village
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| name = Jebel Ali Village
| native_name = قرية جبل علي
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| settlement_type = Community
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| image_caption = St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
at the Churches Complex, Jebel Ali Village
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United Arab Emirates
| subdivision_type1 = Emirate
| subdivision_name1 = Dubai
| subdivision_type2 = City
| subdivision_name2 = Dubai
| established_title = Jebel Ali Village
| established_date = 1977
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Jebel Ali Village (JAV) is a neighbourhood in Jebel Ali, southern Dubai, United Arab Emirates.{{cite web| url=https://britishmums.com/dubai/jebel-ali-village-1147-dubai-neighbourhood-guide/ | title=Jebel Ali Village, Dubai | website=British Mums | date=10 September 2016 | accessdate=24 June 2021 }} With the original houses being demolished in 2022, luxury villas are currently being constructed by Nakheel Properties in the same area.{{cite web | url=https://www.nakheel.com/nakheel-residential-leasing-jebel-ali-village.html | title=Jebel Ali Village | publisher=Nakheel | accessdate=24 June 2021 | archive-date=29 December 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229212702/https://www.nakheel.com/nakheel-residential-leasing-jebel-ali-village.html | url-status=dead }} There are several places of worship located here, including the Churches Complex.
History
The original Jebel Ali Village was constructed in 1977 to provide accommodation to construction contractors' staff.{{cite web| url=http://www.dubaiasitusedtobe.net/JebelAliVillage1978.shtml | title=Jebel Ali Village 1978 | work=Dubai as it used to be | accessdate=28 December 2021 }} At this time, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum planned to develop Jebel Ali into an industrial area with its own airport, port, and township. The remoteness from central Dubai meant that Jebel Ali Village had to be self-sufficient, making residents develop a strong attachment to the area, even after they had left. Jebel Ali Village was effectively a small British-style garden city.{{cite news |last=Ramos |first=Stephen J. |date=May 2008 |title=Sinews of Growth: Generative Infrastructural Urbanism in Dubai |url=https://mbrsgcdn.azureedge.net/cmsstorage/mbrsg/files/00/00f48455-3aea-42e4-852f-fa5d0c88d2de.pdf |accessdate=29 December 2021 |publisher=Dubai School of Government |location=UAE |volume=4 |series=Policy Brief}} It was a project of Sir William Halcrow and Partners and acted as a prototype for further semi-autonomous residential areas in Dubai such as Emirates Hills and The Gardens.{{cite book| title=Dubai Amplified: The Engineering of a Port Geography | first=Stephen J. | last=Ramos | date=2016 | isbn=978-1317147619 | publisher=Taylor & Francis }}
Construction for the redevelopment of Jebel Ali village had begun by 2008 and was originally expected to be completed by 2013. The existing villas were to be demolished to give space for new ones. Jebel Ali Village upon completion was planned to include commercial, community, and retail facilities, and the expansion of the existing central park to 12 hectares.{{cite web | website=Estatesdubai.com | url=http://www.estatesdubai.com/2007/08/nakheel-to-re-develop-jebel-ali-village.html | title=Nakheel to re-develop Jebel Ali Village | date=August 2007 | access-date=2009-05-21 | archive-date=2009-02-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227153050/http://www.estatesdubai.com/2007/08/nakheel-to-re-develop-jebel-ali-village.html | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | website=Ameinfo.com | url=https://www.ameinfo.com/129651.html | title=Nakheel to redevelop Jebel Ali Village | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420211009/https://www.ameinfo.com/129651.html | accessdate=20 April 2008 | archive-date=2008-04-20 }}{{cite web | website=Burthill.com | url=http://www.burthill.com/projects/pages/jebel_ali | title=Jebel Ali Village | access-date=2009-05-21 | archive-date=2009-06-11 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611082134/http://www.burthill.com/projects/pages/jebel_ali | url-status=dead }} However, the project was put on hold due to the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession, which affected Dubai severely.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8249313.stm | work=BBC News | location=UK | title=Recession bites hard in Dubai | date=11 September 2009}} Instead, Nakheel announced in 2013 that the company intended to renovate the existing villas.{{cite news| newspaper=The National | url=http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/the-dubai-village-that-came-back-from-the-dead | title=The Dubai Village that came back from the dead | first=Colin | last=Simpson | date=2 June 2013 | location=UAE }}
In 2021, it was announced that Jebel Ali Village was to be transformed to make way for luxury villas.{{cite news| url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/uae/in-fast-changing-dubai-once-isolated-jebel-ali-village-to-be-razed-to-make-way-for-luxury-villas/articleshow/87602171.cms | title=In fast-changing Dubai, once-isolated Jebel Ali village to be razed to make way for luxury villas | first=Isabel | last=Debre | date=9 November 2021 | newspaper=The Economic Times | location=India }} The existing tenants were given a year to move,{{cite news| url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2021/10/30/end-of-an-era-as-jebel-ali-village-to-be-redeveloped/ | title=End of an era as Dubai's Jebel Ali Village to be redeveloped | first=Gillian | last=Duncan | date=30 October 2021 | newspaper=The National | location=UAE }} with eviction notices served on them.{{cite news| url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/property/residents-of-historic-jebel-ali-village-served-eviction-notice | title=Nakheel serves eviction notice to residents of Jebel Ali Village | first=Mazhar | last=Farooqui | date=2 November 2021 | newspaper=Khaleej Times }} There are plans for redevelopment with villas.{{cite news| url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2021/11/03/first-images-of-plans-for-jebel-ali-village-released-by-developer/ | title=First images of plans for Jebel Ali Village released by developer | first=Gillian | last=Duncan | date=3 November 2021 | newspaper=The National | location=UAE }}{{cite news| url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/changing-face-of-dubais-jebel-ali-village-1.83567244 | title=Changing face of Dubai's Jebel Ali Village | first=Anjana | last=Kumar | date=11 November 2021 | newspaper=Gulf News }} The villas are currently under construction and are expected to be complete in 2026. In 2019, Wasl constructed townhouses in the area next to the Churches Complex, known as Gardenia Townhomes.{{cite news| url=https://www.constructionweekonline.com/projects-tenders/261442-wasl-properties-begins-handover-of-257-unit-gardenia-townhomes | title=Wasl Properties begins handover of 257-unit Gardenia Townhomes| date=23 December 2019 | newspaper=Construction Week | location=UAE }} Phase two of the project was sold out in 2023.{{cite news| url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/business/dubai-wasl-sells-out-gardenia-townhomes-ll-in-second-phase-sale | title=Dubai: Wasl sells out Gardenia townhomes II in second phase sale| date=21 February 2023 | newspaper=Khaleej Times | location=UAE }}
Location
To the north are The Gardens and Discovery Gardens.{{cite web| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jebel+Ali+Village+-+Dubai+-+United+Arab+Emirates/@25.0364038,55.0970878,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3e5f13221df91693:0xe776991f26288bcc!8m2!3d25.0292353!4d55.1320653 | title=Jebel Ali Village | work=Google Maps | accessdate=29 December 2021 }} To the east is Al Furjan. To the south is the Jebel Ali Industrial area.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} The Ibn Battuta Mall and the Ibn Battuta metro station on the Red Line of the Dubai Metro are close by, to the northwest.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
Churches Complex is located here, immediately south of the Al Muntazah residential complex.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
[[Churches Complex]]
The Churches Complex in Jebel Ali Village, is an area for a number of churches and temples of different religious denominations, especially Christian denominations.{{cite web| url=https://www.thingstodopost.org/the-6-best-churches-cathedrals-in-jebel-ali-emirate-of-dubai-836780 | title=The 6 Best Churches & Cathedrals in Jebel Ali, Emirate of Dubai | first=Fernanda | last=Pittenger | website=thingstodopost.org | accessdate=9 March 2022 }}
Churches and temples in the complex include:
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church{{cite web| url=https://sfacja.org/ | title=St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church: Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | website=sfacja.org | accessdate=26 May 2021 }}
- Christ Church Jebel Ali Anglican Church{{cite web| url=https://christchurchjebelali.org/ | title=Christ Church Jebel Ali | website=christchurchjebelali.org | accessdate=26 May 2021 }}
- Dubai Evangelical Church Centre (DECC)
- St Mina Copts Orthodox Church{{cite web| url=https://www.facebook.com/saintminadubai/ | title=St Mina Copts Orthodox Church Jebel Ali Dubai | publisher=Facebook | accessdate=9 March 2022 }}
- The Mar Thoma Parish Church
- Mor Ignatius Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Cathedral{{cite web| url=https://www.dubaichurch.com/ | title=Mor Ignatius Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Cathedral | website=dubaichurch.com | accessdate=9 March 2022 }}
- Archdiocese Of Roum Orthodox Church{{cite web| url=https://www.trip.com/travel-guide/attraction/dubai/archdiocese-of-roum-orthodox-church-50686989/ | title=Archdiocese Of Roum Orthodox Church | website=Trip.com | accessdate=9 March 2022 }}
- Gurunanak Darbar Dubai Sikh Gurudwara{{cite web| url=https://www.gurudwaradubai.com/ | title=Gurunanak Darbar Dubai | website=gurudwaradubai.com | accessdate=9 March 2022 }}
- Hindu Temple, Jebel Ali{{cite web| url=https://2gis.ae/dubai/geo/70030076258020372 | title=Hindu Temple | website=2gis.ae | publisher=2GIS | accessdate=9 March 2022 }}
See also
References
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Category:1977 establishments in the United Arab Emirates