Thursday, September 20, 2007

Beneath the asphalt

Readers in Dubai - these links will probably not work because of the archaic and near-Nazi policies of the dominatrix internet provider. My apologies.

Grapeshisha directed me to this link that blew the cover off of Dubai-based nightclub, Cyclone, as the "United Nations of Prostitution". The video expose is a shocker as to what probably began as a clandestine occurrence in various parts of the city, but today has resulted in a full-blown epidemic, because the government chooses to let the virus spread, without any controls. Probably because anything that even minutely negatively impacts the booming tourism of the emirate, isn't worth the trouble, is it?

The flip side? Watch this Frontline World video-documentary called Dubai: Night Secrets. I stared into blankness for over a minute after watching this. What has it all come to?

In other news, can't wait to watch The Kingdom.

2 comments:

Paresh said...

holy shit huh?
I have no words.

Zeenat Rasheed said...

I watched Night Secrets a week or so ago as well.. that Indian lady who asked how much she would be worth was very weird.. who thinks like that? It's so sad to see all this is happening in the sleepy towns we grew up in. But such is the fate of all cities that get to this size and stature... where there is bounty, vice will follow.