Sheik Mohammed cancels New Year in Dubai

Posted by lbug
December 31, 2008

In contrast to the lavish celebrations welcoming 2008, the start of 2009 will be greeted by silence in Dubai. Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has ordered the cancellation of all New Year’s celebrations in the emirate due to the violence in Gaza.
2009 will be noted with “a sombre tone as a token of solidarity” [...]

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