Comments on: Dubai to Build Replica of Taj Mahal – Four Times Bigger than Original

By: Nenad Subotic

Nenad Subotic — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:20:24 +0000

Waste of money and resources. Soon Arabs will have nothing from Arabs culture. Bunch of buildings without history and soul!!!

By: Maryam Hajar

Maryam Hajar — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 09:37:13 +0000

obscene, ‘freakish’, amusement park…and a huge waste of money and natural resources to entertain ppl to death…in other words: Las Vegas on steroids. ironic how eager investors are to replicate ‘wonders of the world’ when so many historic sites, temples of antiquity, etc are being destroy by war. 🙁 this is really a sad commentary on our world and on the vision of an Islamic country such as Saudi Arabia. how much do they do to help the ppl of poor Muslim countries such as Syria, etc? over 1 billion for this planned Taj Mahal-WannaBe?

By: Farida El-Gueretly

Farida El-Gueretly — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:09:29 +0000

I really don’t know how I feel about this. On the one hand, some monuments are not made to be replicated. It’s almost as if Dubai have no notion of aesthetic value! On the other, superficial nationalist competition alongside a facade of globalization, concerning who can build the highest buildings, who can come outperform the other, may serve as some creative and innovative hub. Who knows what their incentives are these days!