It is impossible to know whether this post at Al-Emirati.com on the victims of the recent Air India disaster is intended to be some appalling attempt at humour or satire, but by every single measure it is absolutely beyond the pale:
Not really. Not only do I not care if the victims "rest in peace" but it seems to me that they are, rather, resting in pieces!
I am of course talking about flight IX 812 from Dubai to Balglapour (or some other hell hole, they're all the same) that recently crashed (click here)
I know I know. Mean, blah blah. The way I see it is as follows. The UAE is (about) 50% Indians, Something that I, and 90% of all other Emaratis see as a bad thing.
This plane, carrying Indians who live and work here, means that 160 indians that clog up the roads, cause accidents, fail code inspections at Indian restaurants, speak like this guy, and are a general drag on the security of the UAE, wont be coming back. That is a very GOOD thing!
I can only pray that this happens every week!
Sadly, we'll probably have 160 new VISAs for 160 new Indians issued in 3 hours... And the authority in charge of this will flaunt that, as if it's a good thing.
The finding in two years could send a message to Kigali that Paris is ready for honest reconciliation.
Emerging solo artists from more than 30 countries, including the UAE, have descended upon World Art Dubai, the region’s most accessible and affordable annual art fair, now in its fifth year. [Wired by: DubaiCityGuide.com - A Cyber Gear Company]
Whether you’re planning a trip to the cinema with the kids for some family-friendly laughs, or a catch up with friends that include a horror flick or the latest action-packed film, here’s our top picks of the best films out in cinemas in Dubai this week.
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This hilarious comedy sees a controlling and terrible boss gets trapped inside her younger 13-year-old self. She is forced (much to her dismay) to turn to her long-suffering assistant, April, to fill her shoes at the office, while she is made to go to school by Child Protective Services.
Starring: Justin Hartley, Marsai Martin, Regina Hall
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance (18, to be confirmed)
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This enthralling sci-fi thriller takes place in the future, where crimes and poverty are a thing of the past. However, the bad news is that aliens have enslaved humanity. Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after occupation, Captive State explores the lives on both sides of the conflict – the collaborators and dissidents.
Starring: John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller (18, to be confirmed)
The movie is about the story of Rachael Morgan who arrives in the ruins of Hamburg, Germany in 1946, post World War 2, to be reunited with her husband Lewis, a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city. As they set off for their new home, Rachael is stunned to discover that her husband has made an unexpected decision to share their grand house with its previous owners, a German widower, and his troubled daughter. In this charged atmosphere, enmity and grief give way to passion and betrayal.
Starring: Alexander Skarsgard, Jason Clarke, Keira Knightley
Genre: Drama, Romance, War (18, to be confirmed)
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Based on the novel After by Anna Todd, good girl Tessa who is a young woman in college who falls for bad boy, Hessa, a magnetic, brooding rebel who makes her question all she thought she knew about herself and what she wants out of life.
Starring: Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Selma Blair, Josephine Langford
Genre: Drama, Romance (18, to be confirmed)
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Dragged Across Concrete centers on two policemen, Brett Ridgeman, who is an old timer and his much younger, volatile partner Anthony Lurasetti, who find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics is caught by the media. Low on cash and with no other options, these two embittered soldiers descend into the criminal underworld to gain their just due, but instead find far more than they wanted awaiting them in the shadows.
Starring: Jennifer Carpenter, Mel Gibson, Michael Jai White, Vince Vaughn
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama (18, to be confirmed)
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The film showcases Narendra Modi’s rise of an ambitious man from Gujrat to the Prime Minister of India. It traces his childhood in the 1950s to his meteoric rise in the corridors of politics, as a four-time serving Chief Minister and his fascinating and successful election campaigns in world politics in 2013 to 2014.
Starring: Barkha Bisht, Boman Irani, Vivek Oberoi
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama (18, to be confirmed)
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Kalank is set in pre-independent India and is a story that follows an elite family and many of its hidden truths that begin to unfold as communal tensions rise and partition nears. Caught in this situation are Dev, Satya, Roop, and Zafar who find themselves in this battlefield of love. While the whole town is bathed in the shades of red, the question is – will these four see that red in violence or love?
Starring: Aditya Roy Kapur, Alia Bhatt, Madhuri Dixit, Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha, Varun Dhawan
Genre: Drama, History, Romance (18, to be confirmed)
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Possibly not putting himself in line to win one of DTCM's 2009 Excellence in Journalism awards, Yusuf Abdulla tells it like it is:
"There is also another side to Dubai’s booming market. Most large hotels are little more than dens of prostitution. Hotels are permitted to issue guest permits to bring people from outside. In order to attract customers, many hotels bring girls from Central Asia, Russia, Romania and Western Europe. These girls are provided free accommodation in the hotel for three months while they are expected to service hotel guests. Each hotel has a club where girls enter for free while men must pay 100 dirhams. Alcohol is available and consumed in large quantities. Customers come to these clubs to pick up foreign girls. It has been pointed out to the authorities in Dubai that they are sitting on a time bomb. Girls with such loose moral character are likely to be infected with the AIDS virus. There are already reports of AIDS spreading among the local population because of the behavior of emirati men who then infect their wives."
Interesting how the "girls" are the ones accused of "loose moral character". Not the pimps and slavers that traffic them to Dubai. Nor the hotels who act as brothelmasters. Nor their clients. Or even the unnamed people who "expect" them to provide this service.
An interesting choice of nationalities too. Along with Russia and the CIS: Eastern Europe, Morocco, Africa and China would be more like it.
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