New Year Festivities Cancelled in Dubai
Hundreds of restaurants, bars, nightclubs have been preparing for this evening only to be told that all festivities are cancelled in solidarity with what is happening in Gaza. The human side of this gesture is evident, the economic one is high priced. With the economic downturn that the emirate is facing lately, this comes as another blow to business which is trying to make ends meet. In another 15 days, DSF (Dubai Shopping Festival) is bound to start. What is it going to be like? Again, it remains to be seen. Dubai has never been quieter and when you think that things won’t get worse, they actually do. Businesses in Dubai are in a ‘dream-like’ state. One where you suspend your belief that things can actually change in such short time. It seems January is going to give us all a sense of what 2009 would be like. Let’s wait and see.
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