Following the publication of two studies by Arab Media Watch adviser Guy Gabriel - one on British media reaction to the Abu Dhabi takeover of Manchester City football club, the other on British media reaction to the "sex on the beach" case in Dubai - the United Arab Emirates' largest English-language newspaper, the National, commissioned and published an article by Gabriel on 25 October 2008.

The article is available at:

http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081025/NATIONAL/285680001

The Abu Dhabi study is available at:

http://tinyurl.com/5wa3cn

The Dubai study is available at:

http://tinyurl.com/5p4d5p