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Dubai, not satisfied with The World, is now planning to recreate the French city of Lyon in its backyard. Saeed al-Gandhi, a businessman from Dubai, came up with the idea while working on plans to build a French language university. From the TimesOnline article:
Not wanting to be outdone by Abu Dhabi, another Arab emirate, which has announced it will build its own version of the Louvre, al-Gandhi hit upon the idea of “Lyons-Dubai City”, as the new metropolis will be known, or “Lyons' oriental little sister”, as they call it in the French town hall.
Perhaps the 700 acre replica, which brought £350million to Lyon itself, will sit comfortably in the shade of The Palm?
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