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(Bloomberg) -- By day, Farah Al Qaissieh is employed at agovernment agency in the United Arab Emirates. By night, sheworks as chief executive officer of her fledgling company,Xenia.
Al Qaissieh got there with help from Abu Dhabi, the richestof the seven sheikdoms of the U.A.E. After winning a governmententrepreneurship competition, she learned to develop a businessplan and got two years of free office space, a trade license andapp developers. Discover Dhabi, her mobile application takingusers on scavenger hunts of Abu Dhabi tourist spots, will bereleased this month.