We spent our last night in the UAE in Dubai – stuck in a traffic jam, checking into our fully booked hotel, shopping for last minute necessities at busy Dubai Mall – packed with shoppers laden with shopping bags as late as midnight – and strolling the waterfront overlooking the new Burj Dubai, where tables … Read more about Goodbye Dubai
A debate over the Hari article and other Dubai-bashing stories, such as a recent piece in the Toronto Star titled ‘Dubai how not to build a city’ (this one in the whole “city of superlatives” sub-genre, and equally as bad as Hari’s, laced with just as many cliches and factual and historical errors) is raging … Read more about The Dark Side of Journalism
The story ‘The Dark Side of Dubai’ apparently wasn’t the parody I had hoped it to be, however, while I was disappointed to see The Independent (a paper I have written for before – on Dubai) print such an appalling piece, I’m pleased to see that in an effort to provide some balance they have … Read more about Looking at the bright side of Dubai
A brilliant parody of the Dubai-bashing genre of article of which we’ve seen a spate recently in the US, UK and Australian media, has been published by The Independent called The Dark Side of Dubai by Johann Hari. (To save me linking to all the stories, see this accurate analysis of the process ‘reporters’ visiting … Read more about The Dark Side of Dubai: a hilarious must-read parody of the Dubai-bashing genre
I thought the day would never come so I was over the moon to learn that at last a hotel is offering a full 24 hour stay. You can check in anytime you want – yes, that’s right – A-N-Y-T-I-M-E – and check out again a whole 24 hours later! At long last guests will … Read more about At last, a hotel offers a full 24 hour stay – hurray for The Address in Dubai!