Saturday, 5 March 2011

The region revolts

As requested, a thread to discuss UAE media coverage of the riots and general unrest throughout the region.

Anyone aware of any blackouts over certain issues?
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11 comments:

Anonymous said...

The region revolts? It does indeed, so I suppose that works. But "The region is revolting" is the better headline. Because it is. Revolting.

08 March, 2011 20:26
Anonymous said...

There was the attempt by a certain shaikh in a certain emirate where the ruler is related to the King of Bahrain to insist that the local English-language daily carry nothing about the unrest on the island when it all blew up there, because the stories would embarrass the ruler and his family - until it was pointed out to theb shaikh just exactly how stupid it would make the newspaper look to ignore a story every other media outlet in the world was carrying.

10 March, 2011 03:03
Anonymous said...

@ 10 March, 2011 03:03 - Are you talking about Shaikh Mo? His sister is married to King Hamad of Bahrain? And are you referring to Gulf News or Khaleej Times?

11 March, 2011 23:20
Anonymous said...

She was 'treated like a princess by her arab boyfriend'! By that, I'm sure she does not mean chucked into the back of a Merc and slammed into a Parisian underpass.

http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/british-magazine-editor-writes-tell-all-book-on-dubai

16 March, 2011 11:58
Anonymous said...

have a look at this Vanity Fair article.

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2011/04/dubai-201104

16 March, 2011 23:04
Anonymous said...

http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/emiratis-tweet-to-reassure-bahrainis

17 March, 2011 03:28
Anonymous said...

Thank God Sharjah has finally clamped down on illegal car washing on the street, because that's what makes Sharjah unattractive:

http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/car-washing-on-streets-is-illegal-authorities-crack-down

"The ban is among a number of similar measures against practices such as residents hanging their clothes to dry in windows, all of which are aimed at preserving the emirate’s image in the eyes of tourists."

Tourists go there? C'mon kids, the Simpsons are going to Sharjah!

"... a police spokesman said the crackdowns were coming. 'If it has been announced as something banned or illegal, that is enough,' he said. 'It’s coming and we shall not tell them when. Some have already seen us and like all raids it was by surprise.' He advised car washers to stop the practice before they were raided."

Be warned you criminal dogs. You make Sharjah ugly with your car cleaning and in-home laundry activities.

18 March, 2011 08:44
Anonymous said...

Ooooh, glad to see this place is alive and kicking again.
I've just had a funny one. Company refusing to pay me because, and I quote, I 'hacked' their website. Hahaha. If only I could hack websites I'd hack their back account and pay myself what they have owed me for more than a year!
Really though, ridiculous excuse.
Shame is the owner was a friend (I thought) who had been stringing me along for 12 months, giving me his word every month or so. Shows who you can trust and all that :(

18 March, 2011 12:34
Anonymous said...

Arabian Business taken off the shelves this week. No surprise considering the Bahrain protests were on the cover.

22 March, 2011 00:00
Anonymous said...

Removing magazines from shelves doesnt really cut it in 2011. It might have worked in the days before satellite television, the Net, mobile and satellite phones etc but not today. Do the plods in the security forces think they are striking a blow against protest for change by confiscating a few copies of a local magazine? Pleeeeeeseee.

22 March, 2011 01:32
Anonymous said...

Sharjah isnt attractive because of illegal car washing.. Anyone with half a brain knows that the city isnt built in a sustainable organized manner, hence the "ugliness". Taking away peoples right to wash their car..and the majority of the populace is living in apartment buildings, most of which do not have underground parking- this law is ridiculous. Someone referred to such "carwashers" as "dogs".. I feel sorry for you.

07 November, 2011 16:02

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