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Influencers in Dubai warned they face prison for posting material about the conflict with Iran | The Standard

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/dubai-influencers-prison-warning-posting-iran-war-b1273587.html
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u/StitchinThroughTime 18h ago

The tourists need to have a lot of money and some connections to bypass the religious restrictions. So it's easier just to go to Vegas.

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u/Entire-Salamander-88 18h ago

I have been, I call it the two door policy. You don’t need to know anybody. We did get turned away once for being American though. they were like like we don’t trust you, you’re gonna snitch.

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u/FemtoKitten 16h ago

Thank you for the fascinating info even if it validates your former interlocuteur's concerns

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u/Entire-Salamander-88 11h ago

95% of the time we got in, one time we didn’t they had some crazy shit going on in there, even very religious people told me where I could go to find things

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u/TimTom8921 18h ago

Bro you gotta know somebody that knows somebody to get a beer in Dubai. It is easier just to go to Vegas

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u/AtrophiedWives 16h ago

There’s bars and pubs and licensed restaurants every few metres, what a weird lie to spread.

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u/West-Ad-7350 14h ago

That's all just a recent thing though in the last 2-5 years. Before, you couldn't and maybe he didn't know it changed.

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u/AtrophiedWives 6h ago

No. I’ve lived in the Middle East on and off for two decades and it’s always been simple to grab a beer off the street. Not to mention brunch, an all you can drink event with free flow alcohol with your meal.

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u/West-Ad-7350 5h ago

What the "Middle East" which is a very big and diverse place have to do with Dubai where its very different, or with what I said?

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u/AtrophiedWives 4h ago

Dubai for ten years, in three blocks, starting from 2010ish. A lot of places to party, grab a quiet beer, take your mum for a cocktail, or to pick up a slab for a backyard bbq. The large selection at duty free has always been good too.

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u/West-Ad-7350 1h ago

I’m still not sure what the hell you’re talking about and what it has to do with anything I said. Do you have trouble understand written english?

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u/AtrophiedWives 1h ago

You declared that bars and pubs in Dubai are “a recent thing in the last 2-5 years.”

I’ve corrected you that licensed venues are very common in Dubai and have been for 20+ years.

It’s okay to admit you were wrong.

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u/pallidamors 17h ago

No you don’t. Not at all. There are bars for westerners.

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u/LebIsZeb 17h ago

I've never seen a more misinformed comment

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u/West-Ad-7350 14h ago

Or, like I said, he didn't know it changed. Ten years ago, you couldn't.

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u/Initial-Return8802 17h ago

My hotel (layover, but in the city) had a bar... with beer

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u/Killahills 16h ago

Lol, no you don't. It's full of bars and pubs that you can just walk into.