All Middle East articles – Page 2

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    Is the Dubai boom over?

    2009-02-16T09:17:00Z

    The Guardian's Paul Lewis recounts tales of luxury cars abandoned at the airport, cancelled projects and fleeing workers and asks if the boom is over for Dubai? Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the article comes right at the end when Lewis looks at the possibility of a bailout from ...

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    Germaine Greer on Dubai's architecture

    2009-02-09T09:22:00Z

    Germaine Greer pulls no punches in her take on Dubai architecture  saying, "from its artificial islands to its boring new skycraper, Dubai's architecture is beyond crass"http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/feb/09/dubai-architecture-greer

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    Designing in the desert

    2009-02-03T10:45:00Z

    The challenges of designing in the Abu Dhabi desert-The National (UAE)http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090131/HOUSE_HOME/267854283/1042/SPORT

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    Abu Dhabi - not such a safe haven?

    2009-01-28T14:31:00Z

    A news story just up on Property Wire casts doubt on the repeated suggestion that the rest of the Emirates will ride out the Dubai downturn.It reports that the second largest developer in Abu Dhabi is to delay all new projects - with obvious knock on effects for architects ...