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November 10, 2009 by Achelois

There is this which they want you to see

abu-dhabi

and then there is this which you shouldn’t see

Posted in Buildings, UAE, Visuals, Weird stuff, not tents | 10 Comments

10 Responses

on November 10, 2009 at 9:02 pm | Reply susanne430

Ah, you are exposing them.
on November 10, 2009 at 10:36 pm | Reply sf

Someone (relative)asked me if I LOVED Dubai and how I found it to be. I told her, its new and old, east and west. You know, exactly as your pictures *tell*. She got so angry, with me by saying that. She just wanted me to say it as picture 1.
on November 11, 2009 at 3:24 am | Reply Lat

Hahaha!
on November 11, 2009 at 9:56 am | Reply Sumera

No one can possibly believe an entire city can be cosmopolitan, chic and all modern (We dont live in sitcoms :p )- every city has its poverty infested area’s and Dubai is no exception to that.
on November 11, 2009 at 3:25 pm | Reply Mezba

Love this post!
on November 12, 2009 at 5:46 am | Reply dadwhowrites

Well, you know I live in London – both bits co-exist within miles of each in a patchwork of rich and poor that goes on for hundreds of square miles. Is it the same in Dubai?
on November 12, 2009 at 7:12 am | Reply Achelois

There are def poor patches all over the UAE, but they are never shown and the emphasis is that they don’t exist. Such areas are found in the heart of the cities and are increasingly demolished to put up polished glass and steel buildings.

There is a lot of emphasis on ‘good looks’ so one can’t put up clothes in the balconies or you’d be fined heavily. One underwear hanging in your balcony can cost you up to Dh. 1000/-
on November 12, 2009 at 11:00 am | Reply Aafke

In London you only have to go into a side alley of the glittering chique shopping stretts and you are in the middel of squalor.
That is, btw where the interesting shops are.

There are rules in the Netherlands about not hanging washing to dry, but that is because the snotty architects don’t want their ”pretty” buildings defaced by the evidence of people actually living there.
on November 12, 2009 at 11:38 am | Reply Aafke

Check this site about the ugly side of saudi arabia:
http://theanotherfaceofsaudiarbai.blogspot.com/
on November 12, 2009 at 5:50 pm | Reply Spiderman

you get fined for putting clothes in your balcony? that’s very restrictive!