{"id":3416,"date":"2009-04-08T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muslimahmediawatch.org\/?p=3416"},"modified":"2009-04-08T00:00:17","modified_gmt":"2009-04-08T08:00:17","slug":"random-wtf-financial-times-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2009\/04\/random-wtf-financial-times-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Random WTF &#8211; Financial Times Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Last Friday, the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/2\/adba4382-1fe1-11de-a1df-00144feabdc0.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/2\/adba4382-1fe1-11de-a1df-00144feabdc0.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Financial Times<\/a> <\/em>covered the \u201crichest race meeting in the world\u201d, the 2009 Dubai World Cup. What do you think might best illustrate a story about horse racing in Dubai?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3418\" src=\"https:\/\/muslimahmediawatch.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/a4c67c56-1ffe-11de-a1df-00144feabdc01.jpg\" alt=\"a4c67c56-1ffe-11de-a1df-00144feabdc01\" width=\"460\" height=\"324\"><\/p>\n<p>Two Arab women in abayas contrasted with a white girl in a short dress. Of course!<\/p>\n<p>This is really just a preview of what\u2019s to come, because the <em>Financial Times\u2019 <\/em>Robin Oakley can\u2019t seem to get enough of those abaya-wearin\u2019 ladies: when describing the atmosphere, s\/he states: \u201cWomen in black <em>abayas<\/em>, some wearing veils that cover all but their eyes, dish out family picnics of curry and flatbread.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How terribly relevant to horse racing! Thanks, Robin.<\/p>\n<p><em>Muslimah Media Watch thanks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aqoul.com\/archives\/2009\/04\/that_dubai_theo.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u2018Aqoul<\/a> for the tip. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday, the Financial Times covered the \u201crichest race meeting in the world\u201d, the 2009 Dubai World Cup. What do you think might best illustrate a story about horse racing in Dubai? Two Arab women in abayas contrasted with a white girl in a short dress. Of course! 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