Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Dateline Dubai

It's good to be back in Dubai and catch up with the latest news thanks to the esteemed local newspaper 7 Days. Yesterday's headline: Chilling End to Cash Row: Human Ice Cube Survives Big Freeze but is Hacked to Death after Fight with Friend

People sometimes have difficulty in "embracing" or "celebrating" Dubai, to use two terms much in vogue during the fabled INTERNATIONAL SHOPPING FESTIVAL, or in explaining its peculiar charms to people who have never been here. Dubai, it is true, is not for the "Generation Mitterand" amongst us, nor for the Education Nationale brigade of any generation. For a lot of Europeans, it is an unwelcome reminder of how far we have slipped in the world rankings. That's all very well, but how IS one to describe Dubai? I think I have the answer to that question and will share it with you in my next post.

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