politics
Abu Dhabi leaves Dubai dangling over debts
It was inevitable really, considering the violence of Sheikh Mohammed’s protestations earlier in the month. It seems that the other emirates, and Abu Dhabi in particular, may have grown tired of indulging Dubai’s reckless expansion after all. Despite Sheikh Mohammed’s vehement denial that Dubai would be left to sort out its own mess, additional help [...]
Dubai weekly news round up
Following on from last week’s rather in depth one story post, this week sees the exact opposite – a short, bulleted look at some of the top Dubai related stories from the last few days. If you want to find out more about any of the stories links to the original sources are provided. Dubai [...]
Israeli tennis player banned from Dubai Tennis Championships
Just when Dubai didn’t need it, along comes more bad publicity. This time in the shape of the controversial decision to deny Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer a visa to play in the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships. It was always coming, of course, and no doubt the recent troubles in Gaza made it all the [...]
Unemployed expats flee Dubai to avoid jail
Like rats abandoning a sinking ship, the Dubai exodus continues apace, much to the delight of the doom-mongering media which is stuffed with stories of expats streaming en masse back to their countries. This story from Digital Journal explores the reasons behind the stats and some unexpected side effects. The recent spate of redundancies triggered [...]
Dubai news update
Instead of the usual in depth dissection of whatever doom and gloom has befallen Dubai recently, I thought it might make a nice change to have round up of all the good, bad and ugly news from the emirate was in order. The BBC is reporting that the luxury Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi beach hotel [...]