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Secret Dubai diary

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Intrigue and adventure in the United Arab Emirates

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  • Bubbles in the sand

    Posted on Sunday July 12th, 2009 at 01:06 in business, construction, the palm

    I'm forever blowing bubblesProperty bubbles in the sandThey grow so fast, obviously can't lastBut why do I care, I still own the landPeople keep on buyingI take all their cashOh, I'm forever blowing bubblesAnd bubbles always crash"Nowadays, ten month...

  • British adulteress arrested in Dubai

    Posted on Tuesday May 26th, 2009 at 04:28 in sex, crime

    Another lucky expat gets a free stay at the Al Wathba government hotel:A BRITISH businesswoman faces a year inside a squalid Arab prison for having an affair — after her fuming husband shopped her to police.Cops in Dubai nabbed blonde mum-of-two Sa...

  • UAE sheikh filmed committing torture

    Posted on Thursday April 23rd, 2009 at 05:01 in crime, abu dhabi

    This is an unpleasantly graphic story to quote extensively from, but the response of UAE authorities is relevant and disturbing:In a statement to ABC News, the UAE Ministry of the Interior said it had reviewed the tape and acknowledged the involvemen...

  • The dark side of Dubai

    Posted on Tuesday April 7th, 2009 at 03:56 in Culture, labourers

    Probably the best article ever written on Dubai, by Johann Hari in the Independent. It covers everything from wexpats:Daniel [a brain tumour patient] was arrested and taken away on the day of their eviction. It was six days before she could talk to ...

  • Jumbo camel jet

    Posted on Tuesday March 31st, 2009 at 15:02 in animals

    Forget the Airbus A380s, Dubai's national airline has a much more exciting way to fly:Camel flies high over DubaiWed 1 Apr, 2009 1:23 AM GMTDUBAI, 1 April (Reuters) - Emirates airline will put 50-metre high aerodynamic camel humps onto its aircraft i...

  • Lie back and think of Abu Dhabi

    Posted on Thursday March 26th, 2009 at 16:24 in sex

    Bad luck to single women as well as married women: you now have no control over your fertility. According to the medical clinic at a major Dubai company, the UAE recently stripped away any rights to contraception without a husband's consent:"[Dubai...

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patriagrande

5 stars LPG

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ummeaiman82

5 stars UmmeAaiman

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2008ChinaTours

5 stars 2008ChinaTours

nice work
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gosmelltheflowers

5 stars GO! Smell the flowers

Yo secret...Hi from Shk Zd road. Oh the joy of 14 lanes of traffic. Anyway keep up the great work to help put our City into perspective, even with innocent palm trees! The flower smellers. Let's get linking....

Posted: April 14th, 2007 | More Reviews From gosmelltheflowers | Report This Comment

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