Dubai

Margaret Atwood Feels Burned After Pulling Out of Dubai Book Fest

Andy Towle February 23, 2009

Author Margaret Atwood, who last week announced she was pulling out of a Dubai book festival because author Geraldine Bedell's Book The Gulf … [Read more...] about Margaret Atwood Feels Burned After Pulling Out of Dubai Book Fest

Andy Towle February 19, 2009

Yesterday I posted about Geraldine Bedell's novel, The Gulf Between Us. Organizers of Dubai's inaugural International Festival of Literature … [Read more...] about Margaret Atwood Pulls Out of Dubai Book Fest Over Gay Book Ban

Andy Towle February 17, 2009

Domestic partnership bill advances in New Mexico. Hated liberals, gays: Knoxville church shooter's manifesto made public. Dubai bans British … [Read more...] about News: Twilight, Robert Pattinson, Dubai Book Ban, Giorgio Armani

Andy Towle January 14, 2009

The Burj tower in Dubai, which in September 2007 surpassed the height of Toronto's CN Tower to become the world's tallest freestanding structure, got … [Read more...] about Burj Dubai Gets Telescopic Spire

Andy Towle December 15, 2008

Dubai appears to be quickly outpacing the West in its display of conspicuous consumption as the Versace fashion house announces plans for a … [Read more...] about Versace Plans Hotel with Refrigerated Beach in Dubai

Andy Towle October 28, 2008

Hate crimes down in 2007, except for those based around sexual orientation. Anti-gay bias crimes saw an increase of 6%. Top McCain adviser calls … [Read more...] about News: Alfred E. Neuman, HPV, The Killers, Sarah Palin, Hate Crimes

Andy Towle October 7, 2008

Nobel Prize winner Luc Montagnier: 'therapeutic' AIDS vaccine in 3 or 4 years. British gay pub hit by "butt pirate" graffiti. Landlord: "I don’t … [Read more...] about News: Dubai, Sarah Palin, AIDS Vaccine, Guatemala, David Geffen

Andy Towle September 26, 2008

Tribute to Del Martin to be held at San Francisco City Hall on October 1. Two men arrested for kiss outside Roman colisseum ordered to trial: "On … [Read more...] about News: Rome Kiss, Daniel Radcliffe, Dubai, Levi’s, Bruce Cohen, India

Andy Towle September 2, 2008

Page Six: MSNBC hiring "glam squad" for Rachel Maddow, forcing her to doff glasses, wear skirt? Lance Bass and his dance beard Lacey Schwimmer. … [Read more...] about News: Guy Ritchie, Senegal, Matt Foreman, Dubai, Rufus Wainwright

Andy Towle July 17, 2008

In what Dubai's police chief is calling a "campaign against transvestites," 40 foreign men have been detained and will be deported, according to the … [Read more...] about Dubai Police Detain 40 Men in ‘Campaign Against Transvestites’