13 Things Banned / Illegal in Dubai
1. Porn
2. Sex Toys
3. Codeine
4. Poppy seeds (A Swiss national is serving a four-year jail term after three poppy seeds from a bread roll he ate at Heathrow airport were found on his clothes.)
5. Secret Dubai Diary (Etisalat customers cannot access the site but du customers still can)
6. Laser pens or laser emitting devices (huh?)
7. Oil paintings, books, magazines and sculptures that do not adhere to the religious and moral values of the country
8. Living in Sin
9. Man-Woman holding hands in public (but Man-Man is okay)
10. Employers locking up their employees passports (but still this practice continues unfortunately)
11. Gambling (you cannot place any bets at a horse race, BUT, you can play this game where you “predict” who will win and the person with the best “predictions” wins a prize…hmm…)
12. Skype (partially banned, actually, since only one Dubai ISP blocks it, the other does not…)
13. I’m not so sure if this is truly illegal or if it’s a matter of courtesy: I am not allowed to be naked in the ladies locker room of my gym (there are signs posted up)
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They seem to ban everything that is most enjoyable in life!
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Funny how I work for the "government" and they have confiscated my passport. I did not know this was illegal. Do you know by chance why this is done?