Blog Detail
Life in Dubai
http://dubaithoughts.blogspot.com
A mainly Op-Ed blog mostly about daily life in Dubai, the view from the street, but also taking in a wider perspective.
- Added on: Apr 13th, 2009
- Country: United Arab Emirates
- Language: English
- Author: Seabee
- Listed in: News & Media Middle East
Recent Posts
Preserve, renovate, rebuild?
The other day I took the Metro into Bur Dubai and then had to go across into Deira, so naturally I walked down to the Creek and took the abra across.The walk took me through Bastakiya, the original part of Dubai that's being 'preserved' by the Munici...
The real problem
"It's not the problem that's the problem, it's how you handle the problem that's the problem."An old truism, which I've been preaching to colleagues and clients for as long as I can remember. I believe it's one of the most important rules in business...
National Day 38
Back in the late seventies I never heard the word Emirati, I'm not even sure it existed. People identified themselves as from Dubai or Sharjah or Abu Dhabi. The UAE was a fact but people still identified with their emirate first.The flags flying in ...
Removing abandoned cars
On my regular route through Dubai Marina I pass four obviously abandoned cars.Dust on cars is normal of course and when people are on holiday for a month it starts to really build up. But the abandoned ones are obvious because the dust is really thic...
Impact from the DW issue
I treat this blog not only as somewhere where I can express my own opinions but also as a place for conversation. I start the conversation by posting something, people join in by leaving comments, I and others respond and so the conversation goes on....
A PR disaster
On Thursday, the morning after Dubai World's bombshell announcement that payment of the Nakheel bond due on December 14 was to be delayed, I said it was "badly, badly handled all round".An understatement.It was actually a classic of mishandling. Busi...
