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Burqa [BQ] Shades Has Young Emirati Fashionistas Covered [LA Times].

Fitch launch a concept sunglass brand based on the Burqa.

twofour54 are funding media startups without business plans!

twofour54 are looking to invest in media startups in Abu Dhabi.

Emirates on Tablet Hotels and Jetsetter.com [Gilt].

Emirates Airlines ties up with Tablet Hotels to improve hotel occupancy rates without sacrificing the 7-star glitz.

6th MIT Pan-Arab Conference: Global Energy Challenges & Opportunities

The 6th MIT Pan-Arab Conference: Global Energy Challenges & Opportunities takes place in Abu Dhabi November 9, 2009. Register here.

CBS in Dubai Oct 22 2009.

Columbia Business School will be in Dubai Thursday, October 22nd at 6:30pm at Booz & Company (who are sponsoring the event) at Dubai Internet City, Building No. 14, (Schlumberger Bldg.), 3rd Floor, P.O. Box 500239. RSVP here.

Limits to Autocracy in Dubai? [The Economist]

The Economist ponders the political prospects of Dubai and the Maktoums.

Brand Dubai [Wolff Olins]

Wolff Olins on Brand Dubai.

Getting into Stanford and Harvard Business Schools | A Middle East Application.

An Emirati friend of mine was recently accepted to the Harvard and Stanford Business Schools. He generously agreed to answer some questions on the hows and whys.

How China Sees the World and the Middle East

Interesting Q&A with Ben Simpendorfer on two pet obsessions China and the Middle East in The New Yorker.

Dubai Urbanization | A Wired Video.

New Dubai urbanizing on a time-lapsed Google Maps You Tube vid via Wired

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