Comments for DanishFarhan.com http://danishfarhan.com Because Structure Defeats Purpose® Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:06:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on BBC’s ‘Dubai Dashed Dreams’ a Camouflaged Slur by Najim Mdn http://danishfarhan.com/?p=56#comment-586 Najim Mdn Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:16:17 +0000 http://danishfarhan.com/?p=56#comment-586 Hi Danishfarhan, Unfortunately, i was one among those who wanted but could not watch the telecast of the mentioned documentary video on BBC. I have visited this page quite a few times, expecting to watch the English version of this video. And i could not find it anywhere else over the internet too. Please do publish the English version if possible. Thank You, Najim. Hi Danishfarhan,
Unfortunately, i was one among those who wanted but could not watch the telecast of the mentioned documentary video on BBC. I have visited this page quite a few times, expecting to watch the English version of this video. And i could not find it anywhere else over the internet too.
Please do publish the English version if possible.
Thank You,
Najim.

]]> Comment on BBC’s ‘Dubai Dashed Dreams’ a Camouflaged Slur by Ajmal Ziaulhaq Khursand http://danishfarhan.com/?p=56#comment-560 Ajmal Ziaulhaq Khursand Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:47:39 +0000 http://danishfarhan.com/?p=56#comment-560 hello dear readers: as a fact we should accept that the media always advertise the things more than what is in real. and about the Doubai and Sheikh Mohammad I would like to say it was a small villige not even a town, but by the effort which made by Sheikh Rashid Ale Maktum it grew very fast and became one of the most economic zone not only in Asia but in the world and provided a new life for millions of peaple around the world. from my point of view I'm disagree that "its a blind faith" the financial crises not affected only Doubai but affected many countries like US & UK and in answer for the quistion that Sheikh Mohammad is in right way? I would like to say yes because they(ale Maktum family) brought a new life for Doubai and its people and the nation is happy with thier rull in Doubai. this crises will not remain and we will that Doubai will be develope more than now. "DOUBAI IS THE WORLD" and "DOUBAI DOES NOT NEDD INVERSTORES INVESTORES NEED DOUBAI". hello dear readers:
as a fact we should accept that the media always advertise the things more than what is in real. and about the Doubai and Sheikh Mohammad I would like to say it was a small villige not even a town, but by the effort which made by Sheikh Rashid Ale Maktum it grew very fast and became one of the most economic zone not only in Asia but in the world and provided a new life for millions of peaple around the world. from my point of view I’m disagree that “its a blind faith” the financial crises not affected only Doubai but affected many countries like US & UK and in answer for the quistion that Sheikh Mohammad is in right way? I would like to say yes because they(ale Maktum family) brought a new life for Doubai and its people and the nation is happy with thier rull in Doubai. this crises will not remain and we will that Doubai will be develope more than now. “DOUBAI IS THE WORLD” and “DOUBAI DOES NOT NEDD INVERSTORES INVESTORES NEED DOUBAI”.

]]> Comment on BBC’s ‘Dubai Dashed Dreams’ a Camouflaged Slur by Christian Handrich http://danishfarhan.com/?p=56#comment-534 Christian Handrich Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:23:11 +0000 http://danishfarhan.com/?p=56#comment-534 Hi Dashan, it is indeed interesting to see how the pereception of Dubai in the global media has changed over the last years from total blind admiration to some form of malicious glee whenever things go wrong. I also always tried to explain my many guests in Dubai the UAE view of the world and also somewhat to defend their approach. I am German myself so I can understand how the established rich west thinks about any of those new countries who came up the last decades and now sit in with them together in G 20. Of course nobody wants to share power, and nobody wants to share wealth. So it is quite natural that countries like the UK with all the same strucutral problems of bad economy, high debts, unemployment will try to humble the allegedly better off nations wherever they can. The point is as that the autocratic style of government in all GCC states together with the censorship of media makes them so vulnerable to all of that. It is so ridiculous when you browse through any GCC newspaper and you only see the rulers getting praised all day long opening this, holding a speech there, and making that decision. In a system where you cannot criticise the ruling family cause they are somewhat good given and where thus all governmental decisions are made in some closed small circles behind closed doors you will always have these effects as a reaction of the foreign press. So the mere fact that you call that anyway faible form of criticism a slur shows that Dubai and its media still have a long way to go. But it will for sure be an interesting one - to go and to watch! Hi Dashan,

it is indeed interesting to see how the pereception of Dubai in the global media has changed over the last years from total blind admiration to some form of malicious glee whenever things go wrong.
I also always tried to explain my many guests in Dubai the UAE view of the world and also somewhat to defend their approach.
I am German myself so I can understand how the established rich west thinks about any of those new countries who came up the last decades and now sit in with them together in G 20.
Of course nobody wants to share power, and nobody wants to share wealth. So it is quite natural that countries like the UK with all the same strucutral problems of bad economy, high debts, unemployment will try to humble the allegedly better off nations wherever they can.
The point is as that the autocratic style of government in all GCC states together with the censorship of media makes them so vulnerable to all of that.
It is so ridiculous when you browse through any GCC newspaper and you only see the rulers getting praised all day long opening this, holding a speech there, and making that decision.
In a system where you cannot criticise the ruling family cause they are somewhat good given and where thus all governmental decisions are made in some closed small circles behind closed doors you will always have these effects as a reaction of the foreign press.
So the mere fact that you call that anyway faible form of criticism a slur shows that Dubai and its media still have a long way to go.

But it will for sure be an interesting one - to go and to watch!

]]> Comment on Dubai 2000-2020: A Utopian Future in the Present by Danish Farhan http://danishfarhan.com/?p=54#comment-523 Danish Farhan Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:55:09 +0000 http://danishfarhan.com/?p=54#comment-523 Thanks Omar. And you're right; the piece was originally meant to be a work of fiction! There is a sea to be crossed before finding this utopia. The 'ajami-syndrome' does exist, and as real foreigners, we're nowhere close to being home. But that is today. If you really look at our generation of Emiratis, times signal a change. There is an unprecedented bridge that is narrowing the gap of mutual understanding and communication between nationals and expats. I feel the change has begun... Thanks Omar. And you’re right; the piece was originally meant to be a work of fiction! There is a sea to be crossed before finding this utopia.

The ‘ajami-syndrome’ does exist, and as real foreigners, we’re nowhere close to being home. But that is today. If you really look at our generation of Emiratis, times signal a change. There is an unprecedented bridge that is narrowing the gap of mutual understanding and communication between nationals and expats.

I feel the change has begun…

]]> Comment on Dubai 2000-2020: A Utopian Future in the Present by Danish Farhan http://danishfarhan.com/?p=54#comment-522 Danish Farhan Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:54:17 +0000 http://danishfarhan.com/?p=54#comment-522 <b>Omar Kassim on Facebook: Friday at 12:04pm</b> You really do write some good stuff early in the morning! I like it - but a decade to achieve that vision? And the Palin line made me laugh. A lot. I think a tremendous amount needs to be fixed in terms of 'social barriers' before we move towards this urban utopianism - When will they let us belong and call this land home? Some of the Emirati population today, those that are truly indigenous to the land use the word "ajami" which translates to foreigner when they refer to Emiratis of Iranian origin - most of whom have been here for multiple generations. What do they call us? Omar Kassim on Facebook: Friday at 12:04pm
You really do write some good stuff early in the morning! I like it - but a decade to achieve that vision? And the Palin line made me laugh. A lot.

I think a tremendous amount needs to be fixed in terms of ’social barriers’ before we move towards this urban utopianism - When will they let us belong and call this land home? Some of the Emirati population today, those that are truly indigenous to the land use the word “ajami” which translates to foreigner when they refer to Emiratis of Iranian origin - most of whom have been here for multiple generations.

What do they call us?

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