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German city angry over Dubai's 'Oktoberfest' event

A Dubai Oktoberfest event modeled after the beer-filled German festival will take place in October in the UAE's largest city.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
May 4, 2021
A man holds up the official 2020 Oktoberfest beer mug in front of the Bavaria monument at Theresienwiese in Munich, southern Germany, the place of the yearly beer festival, on Sept. 19, 2020. The traditional Bavarian Oktoberfest beer festival would have started today, but it was canceled a few months ago due to the ongoing novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
A man holds up the official 2020 Oktoberfest beer mug in front of the Bavaria monument at Theresienwiese in Munich, southern Germany, the place of the yearly beer festival, on Sept. 19, 2020. The traditional Bavarian Oktoberfest beer festival would have started today, but it was canceled a few months ago due to the ongoing novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. — CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP via Getty Images

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