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I have difficulty understanding the rather sudden and drastic change in regard of "the West" for Dubai. None of what is brought up in these articles was unknow
by kalmar 16y ago
I have difficulty understanding the rather sudden and drastic change in regard of "the West" for Dubai. None of what is brought up in these articles was unknown or much hidden. I can only suppose that the marketing of Dubai's brand was simply that successful, as suggested by Syed Ali, an author cited in the article
"Ali [...] accuses Western journalists of buying too easily into the Dubai myth".
Could the poster or any upvoters comment on why they find this to be compelling?
- mcantelon 16y agoI think people were willing to ignore the exploitation of workers and human rights abuses when Dubai was still a money train. Now that it has crashed outrage can be expressed without financial impact.
- zalew 16y agoThat's not exactly true. BBC's 'Dubai Dreams' is sth like 2005/2006 and one episode includes slave labour.
- whakojacko 16y agoIts maybe not entirely true, but still generally the case IMO. You really didnt start seeing the mass of articles critical of Dubai until mid-2008 or so.