On Dubai’s sex trade 17, May 2010
Posted by thegulfblog.com in The Emirates.Tags: Dubai, Dubai bashing, Hypocrisy in Dubai, Prostitution, Prostitution in Dubai, Sex in Dubai
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The Observer has an article sure to whip up the anti-Dubai bashers into a frenzy commenting on the widely known and widely seen prostitution in Dubai. Here are the ‘best’ bits:
It is impossible to estimate accurately the prostitute population of Dubai. The authorities would never give out such figures, and it would be hard to take into account the “casual” or “part-time” sex trade. One recent estimate put the figure at about 30,000 out of a population of about 1.5 million. A similar ratio in Britain would mean a city the size of Glasgow and Leeds combined entirely populated by prostitutes.
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Although strictly illegal under United Arab Emirates’ and Islamic law, it is virtually a national pastime.
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Cyclone, a notorious whorehouse near the airport, was closed down a few years back, but then it really did go too far – a special area of the vast sex supermarket was dedicated to in-house oral sex.
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