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07/18/2005 Entry: "Bloggers express disappointment over web block"

The city's blogging community has reacted with disappointment to Etisalat's blocking a popular Dubai-based blog.
Secret Dubai Diary, a weblog that examines UAE life from an occasionally ironic perspective, was blocked for visitors using Etisalat servers on Sunday.

"I have never heard or read of a Dubai blog being blocked before," says Adnan Arif, an award-winning UAE-based blogger. "Out of all the UAE-based blogs it is the most interesting. It is probably the first blog to hit on a formula that works for local readers."... MORE

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