Sahara Kingdom theme park, situated in the Attractions & Experience World in Dubailand, will cover 460000 sqm and will combine high end virtual and physical theme park rides, attractions such as a state of the art gaming zone, IMAX

IMAX

IMAX is a motion picture film format and a set of proprietary cinema projection standards created by the Canadian company IMAX Corporation. IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems...

 theater, and integrated live and virtual entertainment shows, together with a retail zone, four hotels and residential accommodation. The theme of the development is traditional Arabia folklore and the tales of One Thousand and One Nights. Sahara Kingdom is due for completion in October 2010. Situated in Dubailand, Sahara Kingdom is a Disney Land style village, with a theme park. Upon completion it will have the Lost Cities of Arabia theme park, as well as the Hanging Garden hotel.
When completed Sahara Kingdom will recreate the gleaming cities of Saaba, Babylon

Babylon

Babylon was an Akkadian city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers south of Baghdad...

, Palmyra, Petra, Ubar and the City of Thieves.