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== [[Live Action TV]] == |
== [[Live Action TV]] == |
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* ''[[Hotel Babylon]]'', where a group are seen as enjoying the services of one of the prostitutes that the hotel will get for clients who ask. |
* ''[[Hotel Babylon]]'', where a group are seen as enjoying the services of one of the prostitutes that the hotel will get for clients who ask. |
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* An Arab billionaire tried to buy British Airways in one episode of ''[[Absolute Power ( |
* An Arab billionaire tried to buy British Airways in one episode of ''[[Absolute Power (radio)|Absolute Power]]'', although he was dressed in more of the way of a traditional businessman. He needed a PR team because he was related to Bin Laden. |
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* One appeared on ''[[Alice]]'', offering to marry the sassiest waitress--she was impressed by the over-sized real diamond ring, but was unwilling to be his fourth wife. |
* One appeared on ''[[Alice]]'', offering to marry the sassiest waitress--she was impressed by the over-sized real diamond ring, but was unwilling to be his fourth wife. |
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* A subversion or aversion- in one episode of ''[[Minder]]'', the character to be guarded is a wealthy Arab politician who is a rather noble good guy who doesn't show any of the stereotypical love of excess associated with the character. Amusingly, one character in the episode is hired as a temporary butler and believes the stereotype and thus thinks that hiring a white prostitute for his boss is the first thing he should do. |
* A subversion or aversion- in one episode of ''[[Minder]]'', the character to be guarded is a wealthy Arab politician who is a rather noble good guy who doesn't show any of the stereotypical love of excess associated with the character. Amusingly, one character in the episode is hired as a temporary butler and believes the stereotype and thus thinks that hiring a white prostitute for his boss is the first thing he should do. |
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** They used it to steal two cars as well. |
** They used it to steal two cars as well. |
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* ''[[Leverage]]'' had Hardison do something closely akin to this in "The First David Job". |
* ''[[Leverage]]'' had Hardison do something closely akin to this in "The First David Job". |
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* In the second episode of ''[[Round the Twist]]'', Mr Gribble tries to sell Nell's land (which is a day or two away from foreclosure) to a group of Arab sheiks, with the promise of the Twists' lighthouse to follow. When Mr Gribble bad-mouths the sculptures Tony makes, saying "You wouldn't give it to your mother-in-law", one of the sheiks corrects him "''[[ |
* In the second episode of ''[[Round the Twist]]'', Mr Gribble tries to sell Nell's land (which is a day or two away from foreclosure) to a group of Arab sheiks, with the promise of the Twists' lighthouse to follow. When Mr Gribble bad-mouths the sculptures Tony makes, saying "You wouldn't give it to your mother-in-law", one of the sheiks corrects him "''[[For the Love of Many|mothers]]''-in-law". Later, the sheik sees the sculptures and buys a statue on impulse, seemingly producing $500 from nowhere (when Mr Gribble expresses disbelief, the sheik smiles and says "Give me a hand, Mr Grobble", patting him on the back). |
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* The music video for [[The Clash]]'s "Rock the Casbah" (which got a lot of play on MTV in the early 1980s) has some fun with this trope as a man who appears to be an Arab Oil Shiekh ends up hanging around with a man who looks like an Orthodox Jew, and the video ends with the two attending a concert The Clash were putting on. |
* The music video for [[The Clash]]'s "Rock the Casbah" (which got a lot of play on MTV in the early 1980s) has some fun with this trope as a man who appears to be an Arab Oil Shiekh ends up hanging around with a man who looks like an Orthodox Jew, and the video ends with the two attending a concert The Clash were putting on. |
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* One attempts to buy Doreau in an episode of ''[[Sledge Hammer]]''. |
* One attempts to buy Doreau in an episode of ''[[Sledge Hammer]]''. |
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== [[Real Life]] == |
== [[Real Life]] == |
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* Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, ruler of [[Dubai]], Vice President and Prime Minister of the [[ |
* Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, ruler of [[Dubai]], Vice President and Prime Minister of the [[United Arab Emirates]]. He's the guy in the picture. |
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** Clever enough to realize that his oil deposits won't last forever, and has been using his money for last two decades to make his country into Middle-East's leading tourist spot. |
** Clever enough to realize that his oil deposits won't last forever, and has been using his money for last two decades to make his country into Middle-East's leading tourist spot. |
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* British tabloid ''The News of the World'' reporter known as the [[wikipedia:Fake Sheikh|"Fake Sheikh"]]. |
* British tabloid ''The News of the World'' reporter known as the [[wikipedia:Fake Sheikh|"Fake Sheikh"]]. |