· July, 2005

Stories about United Arab Emirates from July, 2005

United Arab Emirates: No Longer Banned in Dubai

  27 July 2005

An astute reader mentions in the comments to this post that the once-banned blog Secret Dubai Diary has been unbanned by the authorities. As a side note, if you click on the # symbol for any of the roundup links, you'll be able to leave a comment…

United Arab Emirates: Banned Blogs

20 July 2005

Yesterday, we posted a link that said that Secret Dubai Diary was the first blog to be banned in the UAE. As pointed out by Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al-Yousif in the comments, we were wrong; the Arabic-language blog The Land of Sands was the first to be banned in the...

United Arab Emirates: Banned in Dubai

19 July 2005

Gulf News is reporting that the UAE blog Secret Dubai Diary has been blocked by the state telecommunications company. This is believed to be the first blog blocked by the UAE.