Al Karama, United Arab Emirates

Al Karama (Arabic: ٱلْكَرَامَة, romanized: Al-Karāmah) was a proposed planned city to be built on the border of the emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

In 1968, the United Kingdom announced that it would end its protectorate over the Trucial States (the predecessors of the UAE), leading the rulers of the States to propose a "Federation of Arab Emirates" together with nearby Bahrain and Qatar, to be led by a Supreme Council composed of their nine rulers.

On October 21, 1969, the sixth and final meeting of the Supreme Council agreed that Abu Dhabi, the largest (in land area) and wealthiest of the nine, should temporarily host the capital of the new countries, with a new capital to be built between Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

[4] On July 10, 1971, the Trucial States announced the formation of the United Arab Emirates, and the capital issue resurfaced.

However, implementation was stalled by ongoing disputes between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and construction of the capital-to-be never got underway.

Al Karama was to be built along the border between the emirates of Abu Dhabi (yellow) and Dubai (brown). The present capital, Abu Dhabi , is in red.