{"id":77,"date":"2009-04-20T06:30:09","date_gmt":"2009-04-20T04:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/middleeastmessenger.christina-schlegl.de\/?p=77"},"modified":"2018-03-29T17:08:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T15:08:05","slug":"der-turmbau-zu-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christinaschlegl.de\/en\/kategorien\/kultur\/der-turmbau-zu-dubai","title":{"rendered":"Skyscraper challenge at the Gulf?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At the Persian Gulf there is hardly a day without superlatives: Burj Dubai about to become the highest tower of the world, already scratches the sky with its height of 600 meter. In autumn 2009 the mega-building shaped like a desert flower is supposed to be ready for use.<\/p>\n

The topic seems to occupy the minds of the German press. The Handelsblatt for example writes on July 4th, 2008 “tower construction a la Dubai”<\/a>. The Stern splashes out a picture gallery<\/a> and the Spiegel dedicates a five-page report<\/a> on country and topic.<\/p>\n

But what would Dubai be like without regional competition? The Stuttgarter Nachrichten just lately reported on apparently the same thing “tower construction a la Dubai”.<\/a> What, again the same headline? Are the journalists running out of ideas? Not so the Arabs from the Gulf. Well, the article states that there is rivalry coming from a neighbouring state: The Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Walid bin Talal <\/a> plans the errection of a more than one kilometer high skyscraper already. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the Persian Gulf there is hardly a day without superlatives: Burj Dubai about to become the highest tower of the world, already scratches the sky with its height of 600 meter. In autumn 2009 the mega-building shaped like a desert flower is supposed to be ready for use. The topic seems to occupy the minds of the German press.<\/p>\n

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