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British Woman Detained for Wearing Bikini, Britons Call for Burqa Ban
Since when is wearing a bikini in a mall normal behavior anywhere?
Paris Hilton: How Do You Say ‘Huge’ in Arabic?
In case you haven’t heard, Paris Hilton is in Dubai looking for a new BFF (best friend forever). She’ll be taping her reality series “Paris Hilton’s My New BFF” for the next three weeks. This wouldn’t have happened without the approval of Dubai’s leader, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. I guess times must really [...]
Pregnant Driver Causes Unborn Baby’s Death?
Dubai’s wacky legal system is in the news once again. On Sunday, a Lebanese woman was convicted of negligent homicide after allegedly causing an accident in which her unborn child was killed. In October of last year, just four days before a planned cesarian delivery, the defendant was driving around the notoriously dangerous streets of [...]
It is Just to Boycott Shahar Peer
I want to add a more forceful argument after Abou Mack’s post on this subject. While he has doubt about a sports boycott, I am fully supportive, in principle and in this case in particular. 1. The star tennis player joined the Israeli military in 2005 and went through basic training. 2. Her induction was [...]
Final Verdict: Guilty As Charged
The British ‘beach sex’ couple that’s been at the center of so much media attention recently is off the hook. The Dubai Court of Appeals dropped their three month prison sentences, deciding instead to ship them off immediately. Michelle Palmer, the once Dubai resident who reportedly threw things including racial slurs at the authorities, mistakenly [...]
Life in Dubai
Apparently, Dubai’s rulers are cracking down on more than just foreign drunks and junkies. They’ve now got their sights set on people sharing villas. A few months ago, a ‘One Villa, One Family‘ campaign was implemented. If that sounded vague, the leading building inspector made things clear: “Family only refers to immediate family, as in father, [...]
The Dusty Jewel of the Gulf
By now you probably know that acting the fool in Dubai can land you in jail and ruin your life. Of course, that’s true of most countries (the key is to be smart when acting the fool, even if that sounds like a paradox). Still, the whole case with these British fuckers on Jumeirah Beach [...]
Please be moral… Dubai needs you.
Here in the wonderful Emirate of Dubai where, if I so pleased, I could order greezy-ass Burger King for delivery, ski down a fake mountain in the middle of the desert, sip coffee in a cafe fully made of ice, take a boat ride through “Venice” and then drink my liver to mush in any [...]
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