Comments on: The world in Arabia https://languageonthemove.com/the-world-in-arabia/ Multilingualism, Intercultural communication, Consumerism, Globalization, Gender & Identity, Migration & Social Justice, Language & Tourism Mon, 27 May 2019 23:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: David Palfreyman https://languageonthemove.com/the-world-in-arabia/#comment-2933 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:13:41 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=4489#comment-2933 Thanks Ingrid; as someone who lives within sight of Dubai Mall, I will look at it with new eyes next time I venture inside!

Re “Dubai unites people from all races, creeds, colors and languages.”: the idea of “uniting” (as in e.g. “The United Arab Emirates”, “The United Kingdom” or “The United States”) is one which could be unpacked a lot. “Unite” them physically in one space? Unite them in a common purpose (c.f. recent UAE government discourse http://www.dubai.ae/en.portal?topic,Article_001124,1,&_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=general )? Incorporate/integrate them into one ideology? Unite them on equal terms? Unite them in mutual comprehension or mutually respectful dialogue?

For example, I have a feeling that while the shoppers in Dubai Mall are united as independent “globalized” consumers, the staff tend to be ghetto-ized more (particular nationalities performing certain roles in certain kinds of shop). A microcosm of the modern world?

]]> By: Lachlan Jackson https://languageonthemove.com/the-world-in-arabia/#comment-2905 Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:50:00 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=4489#comment-2905 Thanks for the interesting post Ingrid. Another huge temple devoted to the Gods of Consumption? I thought I had seen it all at The Mall of America (the largest shopping mall in the United States, Im told) when I was snowed in at Minneapolis last February, but obviously not.
Keep em coming!
Lockie.

]]> By: Mira-chan https://languageonthemove.com/the-world-in-arabia/#comment-2902 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:37:27 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=4489#comment-2902 Hahaha yep i remember once i saw o lonely blonde child there in the mall, so i went to talk to him and i intuitively thought he would speak English, but it turned out that he was russian n was like: No Speak English! So i was like: Well, thats a problem here because i do not speak russian either.

But yes it is actually whenever you go to a big mall in Duabi, you will find people from all over the world and this is what I actually like about shopping there. You do not only get to see the boring scenes of emiraties and indians, but alot more than that. I would recommend you go to Merdif mall, take a walk there because it is another new super amazing place.

My family actually loves traviling to Kuwait and Saudia Arabia, and I will be the only once refusing to fly away. I would compell to spend some time in Dubai rather than going far away because it is already another world Dx.

Thanks for the enjoyable post professor =).

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