Dubai is lost a lot of money and many projects came to a halt.

SCNDLS said:

Right?

I can never tell if it's a real picture I'm looking at or an artist rendering.
Beautiful.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

they're working on a rotating building right now it's freakin' ridiculous!



'The Building will change its shape constantly. Each floor of this skyscraper can change its position; it can move, and rotate 360 degrees independently. One floor is rotating completely and then also it is not affecting the other floors of the Building.'

i'll be damned if i ever stepped foot in that

PricelessHo said:

Okay, now they doing too much and are just showing off.

SCNDLS said:

for real. i mean they've already proven to be a hot spot and are already attracting great tourism and businesses into the area so just beat it & relax a little dammit

PricelessHo said:

I bet most up and coming architects would give their left nut to design buildings here. They've totally broken all the rules.

PricelessHo said:

WHY????

PricelessHo said:

I can see how that may be your perception.

But with stories like this: http://www.hrw.org/en/new...ecord-rape

I could never feel comfortable in such a place.

Fuck the middle east, and fuck Dubai

SCNDLS said:

i'm sure they've got them lined up already. they're acting as if the financial crisis skipped them while crossing the region

JustErin said:

ok now i'm laughing hysterically dammit

it's just ridiculous, wouldn't it make more sense if they just did an amusement park instead??

CarrieMpls said:

ok now that's such a shame, that's definitely not something i've known about before

seeingvoices12 said:

if it's doing any help, then it's really very little help from what i've seen. their only solution would be to start fining people who drive their own cars

Dubai and that ^ in particular just makes me think of this.

Pretty and all as it may be, it's not on my list. Imagine ending up doing 4 years for possession of Rennies. Fuck that for a lark. Plus they need a serious overhaul in their attitude towards women.

I guess to a certain extent such buildings should be lauded - beautifully designed and engineered, and indicative of humankind's massive capacity for creativity. But it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. After the intitial 'oh, that's beautiful', I can't help thinking it's just wanton excess in a place that could put the materials and resources to far better use. Like building rape crisis centres, for example.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

That first picture, doesn't that look like a REALLY nice BART train?

CarrieMpls said:

Crimes are everywhere and in every country, to generalize an entire country based on actions of some people or a certain Group is ridiculous.

I could say the same thing to many countries who did the same things and even worst but I do believe that actions of some people doesn't represent the entire country and its people.

The whole systems in the world are corrupted from the east to west .

seeingvoices12 said:

seeingvoices12 said:

Of course crime happens everywhere.
It’s how the crime is being handled by authorities that is disturbing.

CarrieMpls said:

I agree. When the LAW isn't even on your side, that's some scary shit.

CarrieMpls said:

Whenever I think of Dubai, I think of my cousin who moved there a few years ago to teach English, and long story short, ending up converting to Islam and marrying an Arabic man and is now a part of his "harem". He has other wives and children. She now wears the traditional abaya everywhere, including in the States when she visits, and she just had his baby a few months ago.

If you knew what she was like before, you'd be shocked too.

Anyway . . . as I was saying . . . the cool designer I mentioned earlier is named Rabia Z. I've seen some video of her fashion shows and she has some gorgeous designs and makes it a point to use models of different races. Hell, you see more black girls on her runways than at New York Fashion Week. And although I love showing some skin, I would soooo wear her designs.

This is the story I saw last night.




[Edited 2/5/10 14:29pm]

minneapolisgenius said:

I wouldn't, I would be happy that she chose a lifestyle she felt comfortable and happy in.

Harlepolis said:

Yeah, I didn't get that post either. I mean, was she brainwashed or kidnapped or some shit? If not, why the if SHE is happy with it.

Harlepolis said:

Well, she seems sort of brainwashed to me.

SCNDLS said:

In Qatar, the ladies get REAL creative with their veils, and yes we have alot of runaway shows in here as well I just wish I could post afew pics of my female students, they sport the most gorgeous getups with sequences and everything.

seeingvoices12 said:

And guess what, the law runs a BONAFIDE muck in the states as well,,,don't believe me? Pay the ghetto a visit, ANY ghetto.

SCNDLS said:

I posted above that she seems brainwashed to me. You don't know her, and I obviously have my whole life, so of course it's weird for our entire family when you hear news like this. Since when do we have to agree with every choice someone in our family makes?

Harlepolis said:

I bet they do.

So since it's hotter than a mug, do you really feel a major difference being all covered up? Are women passing out in the streets?