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A Detour Through New Jersey? Nope, it’s Just Dubai

December 14, 2009

Dubai. Mall.  The words are almost interchangeable.  Megamalls abound in Dubai, and while many criticize the abundance of shopping malls as emblematic of the materiality and excess of Dubai, or say that a visit to Dubai is no more interesting than a trip to any American shopping center, Keith and I actually found the mall [...]

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Negative Perceptions leading to Positive Change

December 5, 2009

Most people want others to like them, or at least not think too poorly of them. The difference in traveling abroad as an American now that Barak Obama is President vs. George W. Bush is a totally different experience.  You are much more likely to hear pro-American statements and I have yet to see anything [...]

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