In Dubai’s buttoned down society, criticism of those in power is taboo. But the impact of the emirate’s debt crisis, piled on top of the recession’s effects, is fostering a loosening of that proscription.
Anger has been directed at the top lieutenants of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler, especially Sultan bin Sulayem, chairman of Dubai World. Mr Sulayem’s denials of financial problems over the past year are seen as leading to a last-minute call for a standstill deal with creditors, prompting a deluge of negative media coverage around the world.
“Never has so much damage been done to so many people by so few,” remarked one local on a social media site, twisting Winston Churchill’s famous quote.
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