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Sam Spade
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« on: November 30, 2009, 06:37:18 PM »

Best place I could find which fit this article.

It's an interesting read, to put it mildly.  Quite long though.

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai-1664368.html
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« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2009, 08:54:40 PM »

I am not fan of Dubai, but this article was horrible. It read more like a hit piece than true reporting. The Sultan al-Qassemi was made a complete fool of, though. You should never let your emotions get the better of you when speaking to a reporter.
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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2009, 02:53:58 PM »

I think I have said this before on this very same article but... I never realized that there was a 'non-dark' side to Dubai.

Unless o/c you are referring to skin colour.
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« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2009, 05:45:31 PM »

al-Qassemi has an article in the Financial Times today- an apologia.
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Filuwaúrdjan
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« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2009, 07:58:11 PM »

A little older, same theme: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/08/middleeast.construction
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