A quote from the front page of today's The National newspaper.
On Tuesday Dubai announced that it was canceling all public celebrations of the New Year to show solidarity with those suffering in Gaza. Interestingly, Abu Dhabi did not.
The man quoted above is Mr. Ram Nath who had spent over $250,000 preparing for a celebration that was canceled. He went on to say, "I had got all the proper permits from the government, booked and paid the artist, paid for plane tickets and hotels and venue."
Now he's bankrupt.
For his event and many others thousands of guests who made reservations demanded their money back and had to make alternate plans at the last minute.
In December 2009 people will be making plans for the next New Years Eve. I wonder how high Dubai will rank on their list.
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