Dubai Consumer Mirror: A quick question..

Friday, November 18, 2005

A quick question..

Why is it that Dubai builds a "city" for Internet, media, sports...etc; but when it comes to knowledge .. it builds a "village"?!

11 Comments:

no idea.
but judging from some graduates of knowledge village i've met, i'd say that it is missing a "road to enlightenment".

i looked high and low last time i was there on a photography course (just a 1 day thing), and there was no "road to enlightenment". would've kicked ass if there were.

By samuraisam, at November 18, 2005 at 6:51 PM
cause the "road to enlightenment", like everything else in that area, is still under construction :)

By moryarti, at November 18, 2005 at 7:34 PM
maybe coz it has a good ring to it - when you say it out loud - knowledge village - nice strong j sound...
good question by the way!
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have you also noticed that some of the names here are pretty funny?
there's a gym in karama called unifit, but when at a quick glance it looks like unfit.
and this one never fails to crack me up - superkid (laundry).

By शक्ती, at November 18, 2005 at 9:13 PM
"Knowledge Hamlet" or "Knowledge Cottage" would be far more appropriate - if not "Knowledge Windowless-Bedsit-Shared-With-Twenty-Bachelors".

By secretdubai, at November 18, 2005 at 10:09 PM
I guess its because if you get knowledge from there you'll be known as the village 'idiot'

I'll get me coat I think ! :)

By Anonymous, at November 19, 2005 at 10:16 AM
i dont think they have a "road to enlightenment" because they probably can't spell it

"ROAD TO SMART"

By samuraisam, at November 19, 2005 at 11:51 AM
शक्ती has reminded me of Honest Hands driving school, who incidently had an instructor arrested for fondling a female student.
And there used to be a 'soft hands' Tailors in Bur Dubai about 20 years ago....yeh very soft hands they must have had.

By CG, at November 19, 2005 at 1:13 PM
Best tailor in Satwa is RiffRaff.

By Keef, at November 19, 2005 at 5:28 PM
good question moryarti :)

i think it's because dubai is really humble about it's achievements and is considered "world class" in terms of knowledge. hence they called it a village.

By BuJ, at November 19, 2005 at 9:55 PM
Thats why Shymalan made a movie on it..........i see dead people....

By *, at November 19, 2005 at 10:26 PM
Goes with the quality of education at KV. And also explains the number of Universities closing doors. Time to move from the village to the city ;-)

By Unknown, at November 20, 2005 at 4:25 PM