Comments on: At least we are not Dubai – George Fulton

By: Tisamooni

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By: Truthseeker

Truthseeker — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:17:20 +0000

Very good article and well written. Dubai is just a big shopping mall. The city has no soul to itself. Legendary cities have a character, history and personality. In its presentation to its visitors, it personifies the people, culture and arts.

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By: AKBAR

AKBAR — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:53:41 +0000

sadly george here from “george ka pakistan” seemed to have taken a typical holiday to dubai – focusing on malls and not the culture. what about all the cultural and islamic museums and art galleries dubai has to offer? i agree there isn’t much but at least there’s something- yet he’s also forgetting the fact that dubai has always been a “lost”/”nomadic” city – exactly what its original and current rulers are/were!
the reason why dubai has such little of its own culture isn’t because it is plastic and “las vegas in a plate”, its because it’s always been a cultural hub – all of its recorded history. it has always been a place where iranians, arabs, indians and western traders have come together and settled down – thus it’s culture (or whatever remains of it) has been influenced by so many other types of people, even including pakistan (a large percentage of locals are originally balochi). did he actually go up the burj khalifa to admire what dubai has been able to accomplish within the span of 10 years? its something pakistan hasn’t been able to do in the past 63 years and probably won’t be able to in the next 63 years as well.

finally – just wanted to mention that there’s no prada or stella mccartney boutique in mall of the emirates :p

this guy just seems to be a pessimistic loser who only judges dubai on face value. while i do agree pakistan has a lot to be thankful for, he needs to look at dubai in context before writing such harsh words.