Tag #royalshaheen on images from the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve. Our guides Henri and Cesar. FThe Peregrine Falcon is called Shaheen in Arabic. Al Maha is the Arabic word for the Arabian Oryx. ..We were in the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, and the name of the desert in English is the Empty Quarter. Most of the Empty Quarter lies in Saudi Arabia, with parts in Oman and Yemen as well. In Arabic it’s called Rub’ al Khali