Do you know Jumeirah Jane? You might have bumped into her at the nail salon, brunching with friends, or walking through the VIP rope at this week’s hottest party.
Dubaians have long used the term to describe a certain breed of expat – you know the kind – that particular, newly rich brand of western housewife, invariably spotted sporting designer threads and an upturned nose.
Now the emirate’s most clichéd cultural construct has a face, a family and a starring role in her own book – My Fantastic Life in Dubai: The Oh-so True Story of Jumeirah Jane (The Ultimate Expat).
The breezy, tongue-in-cheek comic opens with an exasperated Jane pulling her SUV up at The Biggest Mall, only to find the valet tragically full.
In subsequent pages we follow Jane’s leisurely life; days spent glamming up for the school run – made in the Ferrari, naturally – followed by afternoon manicures, facials and organic smoothies, and evenings out at glamorous gallery launches and private parties. Jane’s favourite hobby, however, remains shopping on “hubby’s” credit card – as long as her size hasn’t changed lately.
“I had to do a lot of shopping to research this,” says author Kyra Dupont Troubetzkoy. “The expenses were quite high.”
Original article by Rob Garratt
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Dubai stereotype Jumeirah Jane comes alive in quirky new comic book
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