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Boom town, modern marvel, commercial hub, where middle-east meets wealthy west, playground for tourists, crawling with ex-pats, built by Indians, owned by Arabs, Dubai has risen from next to nothing to an awful lot in little more than thirty years. How? And can it go on? Has it sold itself to the corporate dollar? Is it anything more than a mall in the desert? Will the sands return? Joe Bennett goes to find out.
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Despite the author being carried away from time to time by his own acerbic wit I read Joe Bennett's book on Dubai with a great deal of pleasure. I lived in Dubai for fifteen years from 1986 so I knew the good times so full of optimism, and I glimpsed the coming bad times. When I left the rot, Joe describes so well, had set in. In contrast to my fifteen years I suspect that Joe spent fifteen days charging around Dubai and the UAE armed with notebook, pencil and his acute powers of observation. It's a very good read which swings along at a good pace but he makes a few howlers like calling the Musandam peninsula the Mussulman peninsula, groper fish (grouper the alternative name sounds better) are called hamour in the Gulf and the flash of a blue bird's wings were more likely those of an Indian Roller than a Kingfisher.
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I love reading Joe Bennett and discovered him while out in New Zealand. His book "A Land of Two Halves" was a great read for me as I discovered the country where he now lives. Joe's style is wonderful and refreshing and, as usual, you learn much about Joe himself as you do about the place. Its a personal look at a country. Unfortunately, this is not his best and for the same reasons that all his travel books since "A Land..." have let me down. My reason is simple. Joe is a funny guy. A land of two Halves was laugh-out-loud funny. Joe seems to have forgotten to have a giggle while he writes. It was the humour that made me like Joe's travel writing and it has all but gone in this book. Such a shame. All his other writing qualities remain (hence a 3/5) but the humour value is just too important to drop, I think.
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I have read most of Joe Bennetts books and this is up there with the rest. A fantastic read on a curious 'new' world.
Great insight in to the way Dubai works and funny throughout.
Great insight in to the way Dubai works and funny throughout.
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The rise & rise of Dubai is a modern day phenomenon. From nowhere it has become one of the most visited cities in the world. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Bantam Dave
A thouroughly brilliant read.
I love reading Joe Bennett's books and I think this is probably the best so far.
Joe has a wonderfully descriptive and funny way of writing and I find a lot of his views... Read more
Joe has a wonderfully descriptive and funny way of writing and I find a lot of his views... Read more
Published 16 months ago by DaveS
Dubai - As it is
This book lifted Dubai's veil to see what the tourist doesn't. As a Dubai expat, I thought my eyes were comparatively open, but Joe Bennett still probed Dubai Inc and highlighted... Read more
Published 16 months ago by solda
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