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The Sandbox: December 2008
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A personal view of the Middle East. View my complete profile. A Year in Exile. Stilettos in the Sand. Welcome to the Emirates. Welcome to the Emirates. Has run up against the facts of life of living in a Muslim country. A minor irritation, to be sure. But its a slow erosion of rights Americans take for granted and often have to give up when overseas. The Kingdom executed three. Murderers and one rapist in November bringing the year to date total to 88. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Sandbox: November 2008
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A personal view of the Middle East. View my complete profile. A Year in Exile. Stilettos in the Sand. Safety on the Job. Guns, Guns, Guns. Saudi Appeals Court Upholds Death Sentence. In my last post I said that the tribulations of the infamous Brits were over. Well, maybe not. A recent article in Gulf News. Indicates that the prosecution may yet appeal the ruling that suspended their three month jail term and 1000 dirham fine. How do you say "shotgun wedding" in Arabic? They have to pay 1000 dirhams.
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The Sandbox: December 2009
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A personal view of the Middle East. View my complete profile. A Year in Exile. Stilettos in the Sand. Seven murderers, one of them a woman, were executed in KSA last month. YTD total is now 59. Still no information concerning the Kohail brothers as their case gets kicked from court to court. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Sandbox: June 2009
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A personal view of the Middle East. View my complete profile. A Year in Exile. Stilettos in the Sand. American in Dubai Jail. History, Rewritten Again. The American that was incarcerated in Dubai for carrying a handgun in his checked baggage, was freed this week. There is no information concerning the reason why he was released although his Congressman and Senator Arlen Specter did have meetings with Dubai officials in Washington. Needless to say, he won't be travelling through Dubai ever again. Said he ...
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The Sandbox: November 2009
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A personal view of the Middle East. View my complete profile. A Year in Exile. Stilettos in the Sand. It was a slow month. Only two murderers were executed in Saudi. Total to date is 52. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Sandbox: April 2009
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A personal view of the Middle East. View my complete profile. A Year in Exile. Stilettos in the Sand. Oops is a Technical Term. Has a story about torture in the UAE. Its seems that Issa. Was displeased with a grain merchant and took him out to desert to have a business "discussion". He had it video taped. Said "discussion" is reported to have taken place in 2005. Has not commented but don't forget the close ties Bill has to the UAE. And the concerns raised about her relationship with the UAE. Alignment w...
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The Sandbox: July 2008
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A personal view of the Middle East. View my complete profile. A Year in Exile. Stilettos in the Sand. Dubai is evidently a worldwide Mecca for cross dressers. Dubai police have arrested 40 tourists. For cross dressing in the malls. They stress that those arrested were tourists and NOT residents. This amount of trans- sexualism. Seems extreme and raises the question: What is the attraction of Dubai for transvestites? Perhaps the culture committee should look into it. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Sandbox: March 2009
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A personal view of the Middle East. View my complete profile. A Year in Exile. Stilettos in the Sand. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia added five to their tally last month. Year to date total is 13. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Sandbox: February 2009
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A personal view of the Middle East. View my complete profile. A Year in Exile. Stilettos in the Sand. Dubai Festival of Censorship. Yup, Thats the Free Market in Action. Valentines in the Sand. Dubai Festival of Censorship. Has decided to withdraw from participating in the first Emirates Airlines International Festival of Literature. She is withdrawing in protest of the Festival banning the book "The Gulf Between Us," by Geraldine Bedell. It seems one of the characters in Ms. Bedell's. It as retaliation ...
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