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Re:Why the Arrest of a Lebanese Doctor Should Terrify Every ... by apohn on Monday April 18, 2022 @05:47PM (#31077025)
>It was the location of the movie "Sex and the City 2".

It wasn't filmed there. It was filmed in Morocco and they just said it took place in Abu Dhabi. The UAE government said they couldn't film there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_and_the_City_2#Filming

It might seem like a random topic for me to know, but I lived in UAE for a portion of my life and the government is pretty mindful of having their name associated with some of the themes you'd typically see with that particular TV series. So I was quite surprised when they claimed it was Abu Dhabi, and not surprised that they actually filmed it elsewhere.

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Re:Why the Arrest of a Lebanese Doctor Should Terrify Every ... by Narishma on Monday April 18, 2022 @06:40PM (#31077573)
Any vaguely middle-eastern-looking location you see in a movie or TV show was very likely shot in Morocco, especially in recent decades.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign_films_shot_in_...

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Re:Why the Arrest of a Lebanese Doctor Should Terrify Every ... by dboreham on Monday April 18, 2022 @06:27PM (#31077446)
I always assumed it was a paid product placement spot.
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