"Parts of the city have a distinctly subcontinental feel that recalls the old joke about the UAE: “Emirates stands for English-Managed, Indian-Run, Arabs Taking Enormous Salaries."

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-15)

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"I buy washing machines the same way I order wine in a restaurant: avoid the very cheapest on the basis that it’ll be nasty, avoid the second cheapest on the basis that it’s probably even worse, avoid the expensive options at the top of the list on the basis that they can’t possibly be worth it, and wind up randomly picking something from the middle instead."

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"But then showing off is in the Lebanese DNA. Khaled wears the biggest Rolex you’ll ever see or “Lebanese travel insurance” as he used to call it. “You can cash it in anywhere in the world."

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"Our friend Khaled’s means of negotiating jams was to take his gun out of his glove compartment, strap it to his under-arm, and if the traffic was really bad, wave it around a bit."

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