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[title] => Desert Pastoral
[time] => 2004-05-04 13:30:08
[hometext] => A critique of the over-commercialization of Dubai (for those who don't know, it's part of the United Arab Emirates, famed for it's shopping & tourist industry). The advent of cosmopolitan living, subsequent affect on culture & religion. Enjoy, if you can.
[bodytext] => Imagine the Manhattan of the Middle East entombed in a desert plane. Treasure trove of opportunity, awaiting harvest. Shovel sand aside for the birth of designer buildings bright, toy blocks hoisted high to reach the skies. Unveil the new dawn before a worldwide crowd, sing ‘Marhabah*’, new age Dubai. Some, clumsy, lost their heritage. Others meaning well, neatly wrapped and put away cultural baggage. Discarded identities, shed in the careless manner of snakes. A lesser evil, forgotten until the trade-off: selling their souls for over-priced coffee, making room for foreign invasions flooding onto shelves, into language. Souvenirs. Modernity. Tourists flock to beaches bare Returning red and raw, like sausages well done. Now embrace modernism. Desert nomads imparted their wisdom upon deaf ears. See their wrinkles, then revel in the rescue from their archaic mode of life. All legend now. Launch on a crusade to lend sophistication to primitive peoples. Bask as Shopping Festivals replace religion, and feign ignorance of culture clash. Cliques multicultural, each to their own starry eyed naivety. Believe if you will the tale of benign investors who brought on board big brand names and the invention of a new pecking order. And we are grateful for all their kindnesses. Adhan**, more outlandish than the watch of Big Brother, waiting… * ‘Welcome’ in Arabic ** Call to prayer in Islam [comments] => 2 [counter] => 173 [topic] => 41 [informant] => maya1912 [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => political )
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