Curious facts about Dubai

By barrym - Posted on May 15th, 2009

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I found this on Local Expatriate's blog http://localexpatriate.blogspot.com/

I wonder which are the 3 banned countries? (Well, Israel is one, I guess, but the other 2...?)

Did you know that if you are the 'giver' in a homosexual act you are not considered to be gay. Only the 'taker' is considered to be gay.

Three nationalities have been blacklisted in the Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department, making it almost impossible to issue new workers from those nations with a new visa.

Prostitutes are tolerated and managed by most 5 star hotels, who keep a regular tab on the women and the guest that request their services. The Burj Al Arab 'prostitute registry' could be considered to be the holy grail.

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i have no idea about the

Submitted by kavalas on 15 May 2009 - 6:32pm.

i have no idea about the other two countries, really. But, the giver and taker issue is true - there was a case of a 9 or 10-year old French boy who was kidnapped and raped in the desert by Emiratis , once he complained in the police, he was arrested for homosexual activities and was held in prison for quite some time until

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