[Leica] Dubai

[Nathan Wajsman]

That FTZ (Jebel Ali) is also one of the major entry points of counterfeit goods into the EU.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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> On 12 Sep 2017, at 16:38, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Actually, I have been going to Dubai quite regularly from the mid 1980s.
> They attracted capital by being the first Gulf state to loosen ownership
> controls at an export zone cum port they built up called Jebel Ali on the
> outskirts of Dubai city. Prior to this any business in the Gulf states had
> to have 51% local ownership, which led to all sorts of misuse and problems.
> They also loosened the liquor laws to entice expats in - the last time
> someone mentioned permits to me, an expat could buy 30 bottles of hard
> liquor a month, and this was 20 years ago). Lastly, they made Dubai an
> airline hub, which it still is, by having a duty free, in the 1980s and
> 1990s which was the cheapest in the world, especially for liquor - a bottle
> of JWBlack used to cost 50% in Dubai Duty Free compared to other Duty Free
> shops, for example. This was a masterstroke, as Dubai became the major
> airline hub for the Middle East/West and Central Asia region, followed now
> by Europe. They realized, quite early on that, as they had no oil wealth,
> they had to become a trade centre. At present there are more Indians,
> Pakistanis and Palestinians, each as a distinct expat group, than there are
> locals in Dubai.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 6:40 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
>> I was aware of that, Jayanand, but the bathloads of oil money came in from
>> their neighbours after the place was turned into a Persian Gulf Las Vegas...
>> 
>> Douglas
>> Recovering from a morning having root canal work done. My endodontist had
>> an interesting dental microscope - made by Global, not Leica.
>> 
>> On 12/09/2017 11:00, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>> 
>>> Dubai has no oil at all!
>>> Cheers
>>> Jayanand
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>> On 12-Sep-2017, at 15:28, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I'd agree Bharani, and even though Dubai is slightly more liberal than
>>>> some of the other places out there, I'd hate to live there. I like Hannes's
>>>> stuff. The Chill Out Lounge shot shows a sort of haunted emptiness in the
>>>> man's face and evokes contemplation of the preposterous artificiality of
>>>> the population's lives living amidst the artificial landscapes of a country
>>>> wrenched from its back-history by bathloads of oil money.
>>>> 
>>>> Douglas
>>>> 
>>>> On 12/09/2017 03:10, scleroplex wrote:
>>>>> Dear Tina,
>>>>> I think the fact that it is hard to get into the private spaces that
>>>>> characterise life in the Gulf made Nick's portfolio attractive to the
>>>>> judges.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dubai and the entire Gulf is a place that loathes transparency and
>>>>> street photography.
>>>>> Women threaten you with arrest or worse for taking photos on public
>>>>> streets.
>>>>> So of course I usually end up daring them:
>>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/scleroplex/35214658460
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>> Bharani
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Message: 33
>>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 18:34:53 -0400
>>>>> 
>>>>>> From: Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com>
>>>>>> 
>>>>> To: MUGers at yahoogroups.com, Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>,
>>>>>         paw <paw at micapeak.com>, seephoto <seephoto at micapeak.com>
>>>>> Subject: [Leica] Dubai
>>>>> Message-ID:
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>>>>> 
>>>>> I continue to be dismayed at what passes for interesting photography
>>>>> these
>>>>> days.  And this is Magnum:
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170717-striking-photos-
>>>>> of-the-las-vegas-of-the-gulf
>>>>> 
>>>>> This year?s Magnum Awards have just been announced. The documentary
>>>>> series
>>>>> winner, Nick Hannes, gives an insight into his project revealing how
>>>>> Dubai?s super-rich live.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I guess I just don't get it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Tina
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Tina Manley
>>>>> 
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