Nobel Prize winner?  Billionaire?  To be a sir, he (only males are anointed "Sir") must have had a distinguished career.  If you look for Bani Yas, good luck, as Sir Bani Yas is an island located 110 miles southwest of Abu Dhabi, and is an animal sanctuary.  To get to this island from Abu Dhabi, you need to catch a 2-hour ferry.  But we are docked here for the day and have a tour, but at the end of the day, so I'll post on this experience tomorrow. The name originates from the Bani Yas tribe and  Sir Bani Yas  is the crest of a salt dome created millions of years ago,  First human settlers came many thousands of years ago, and there was a trading port in 1800 BC.  There is a Christian monastery dating back to 600 AD.  The mention of pearls was historically mentioned. Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, rule Abu Dhabi from 1966 and was the founder and first president of the United Arab Emirates, ruling from 1971 to 2004.  He established Sir Bani Das as his retreat and stocke