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Dubai’s Retail Industry Moves Away from Luxury

Thomas — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:57:43 +0000

Dubai’s Retail Industry Moves Away from Luxury is a post from: Words About Things

Dubai’s Retail Industry Moves Away from Luxury is a post from: Words About Things Dubai is known for its love of over-the-top luxury and conspicuous consumption, with new buildings and shopping malls being built as fast as the emerging economy can muster. Dubai is thought to be home to around a quarter of the world’s [...]

Dubai International Film Festival

Thomas — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:54:40 +0000

Dubai International Film Festival is a post from: Words About Things

Dubai International Film Festival is a post from: Words About Things Dubai continues its attempt to put itself on the cultural map by hosting an International Film Festival this week. Wednesday sees the launch of the 6th DIFF (Dubai International Film Festival) which aims to “Lead in building cultural understanding through creative achievement in film”. [...]

Tennis at 1,050 ft

Thomas — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:55:26 +0000

Tennis at 1,050 ft is a post from: Words About Things

Tennis at 1,050 ft is a post from: Words About Things I know it’s a bit old but this video still manages to amaze me. I’m not particularly scarred of heights but sometimes a video manages to make me feel nauseousness (for example this one of the El Camino Del Rey trail). The video in [...]

Dubai Sound City Festival

Thomas — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:04:47 +0000

Dubai Sound City Festival is a post from: Words About Things

Dubai Sound City Festival is a post from: Words About Things Dubai has been getting some major international attention of late mostly because of the recent Grand Prix and the forthcoming opening of the world’s tallest hotel. Another event of note was the three day Sound City festival which featured 78 bands, artists and DJs [...]